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  2. Force between magnets - Wikipedia

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    The magnetic pole model assumes that the magnetic forces between magnets are due to magnetic charges near the poles. This model works even close to the magnet when the magnetic field becomes more complicated, and more dependent on the detailed shape and magnetization of the magnet than just the magnetic dipole contribution.

  3. Mathematical descriptions of the electromagnetic field

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    In the frame of the magnet, that conductor experiences a magnetic force. But in the frame of a conductor moving relative to the magnet, the conductor experiences a force due to an electric field. The motion is exactly consistent in these two different reference frames, but it mathematically arises in quite different ways.

  4. Eddy current - Wikipedia

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    The magnetic field (B, green) is directed down through the plate. The Lorentz force of the magnetic field on the electrons in the metal induces a sideways current under the magnet. The magnetic field, acting on the sideways moving electrons, creates a Lorentz force opposite to the velocity of the sheet, which acts as a drag force on the sheet.

  5. Electromagnet - Wikipedia

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    To determine the force between two electromagnets (or permanent magnets) in these cases, a special analogy called a magnetic-charge model can be used. In this model, it is assumed that the magnets have well-defined "poles" where the field lines emerge from the core, and that the magnetic field is produced by fictitious "magnetic charges" on the ...

  6. Coulomb's law - Wikipedia

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    Here, k e is a constant, q 1 and q 2 are the quantities of each charge, and the scalar r is the distance between the charges. The force is along the straight line joining the two charges. If the charges have the same sign, the electrostatic force between them makes them repel; if they have different signs, the force between them makes them attract.

  7. Magnetic field - Wikipedia

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    The force on an electric charge depends on its location, speed, and direction; two vector fields are used to describe this force. [2]: ch1 The first is the electric field, which describes the force acting on a stationary charge and gives the component of the force that is independent of motion.

  8. Eddy current brake - Wikipedia

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    Unlike friction brakes, where the drag force that stops the moving object is provided by friction between two surfaces pressed together, the drag force in an eddy current brake is an electromagnetic force between a magnet and a nearby conductive object in relative motion, due to eddy currents induced in the conductor through electromagnetic ...

  9. Introduction to electromagnetism - Wikipedia

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    where F is the force, k e is the Coulomb constant, q 1 and q 2 are the magnitudes of the two charges, and r 2 is the square of the distance between them. It describes the fact that like charges repel one another whereas opposite charges attract one another and that the stronger the charges of the particles, the stronger the force they exert on ...