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Magnets

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When I was younger, sometimes I wonder how magnets work. I played with them a lot. Then I read a book about it and now I finally understand about the magnetic force and energy. I have decided to share this information with everyone. First, as everyone should know, magnets can attract magnetic things such as iron and steel, but not things like aluminum and plastic. Second, two magnets can attract each other as long as their poles are not the same. If they are the same, they will repel. Third, magnets don’t use magic. They use a magnetic field, which I will explain in the next paragraph. A magnetic field is a strong field around a magnet that attracts metallic objects or other magnets. A way to determine what your magnet’s magnetic field looks like is to sprinkle iron powder around the magnet and you should see that the pattern. This pattern is the same as the one in Earth’s magnetic field. There are three types of objects in terms of magnetic force. The first t...