Hunter Marrow & Yunjae Sohn

Mr.Cordell
Period B- Honors Physics
11 May, 2011
Magnetic Field Lab
Objective: Students are to observe how the magnetic fields of different magnets behave
to enhance their understanding of the magnetic fields.

Theory:​
William Gilbert – William Gilbert was an English physician, physicist and natural
philosopher . He is credited as one of the originators of the term electricity. He is
regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism.​
Hans Christian Oersted – Hans Christian Oersted was a Danish physicist and chemist
who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, an important aspect of
electromagnetism. ​
Ferromagnetic – Ferromagnetism is the basic mechanism by which certain materials
form permanent magnets, or are attracted to magnets. In physics, several different types
of magnetism are distinguished. Ferromagnetism is the strongest type; it is the only type
that can produce forces strong enough to be felt, and is responsible for the common
phenomena of magnetism encountered in everyday life.​
Paramagnetic – Paramagnetism is a form of magnetism that occurs only in the presence
of an externally applied magnetic field. Paramagnetic materials have a relative magnetic
permeability greater or equal to unity and hence are attracted to magnetic fields. The
magnetic moment induced by the applied field is linear in the field strength and rather
weak. ​
Diamagnetic – Diamagnetism is the property of an object which causes it to create a
magnetic field in opposition to an externally applied magnetic field, thus causing a
repulsive effect. Specifically, an external magnetic field alters the orbital velocity of
electrons around their nuclei, thus changing the magnetic dipole moment.​
Oersted Effect – Electromagnetism is one of the four fundamental interactions in nature.
The other three are the strong interaction, the weak interaction and gravitation.
Electromagnetism is the force that causes the interaction between electrically charged
particles; the areas in which this happens are called electromagnetic fields.​

Procedure:
1. Grid the paper with dots
2. Place the magnet on the paper
3. Place the compass on each dots (make sure which arrow stands for north pole) and
draw arrows representing magnetic fields
4. Repeat step 1-3 with other kinds of magnet (bar magnet, horseshoe magnet and
electromagnet).
Conclusion:
The electric fields in the magnet suggest the poles of the magnets (the side which north
side of arrow points toward would be the the south side pole of the magnet and the side
which north side of arrow points away would be the north pole of the magnet). As
suggested, the poles are positioned 180 degree away from another and there are
obviously only two types of poles (north and south) and they cannot exist without each
other (as magnetic rule number 0 and 0.5 state).