Introduction
- Iron articles get attracted to a piece of magnet.
- Some other articles like pin holders, refrigerators, and pencil boxes have magnets inside them.
- Crane uses magnets to pick up iron junk from various dumping yards.
How magnets were discovered
- Natural magnets are discovered by a shepherd named Magnes in Greece.
- Rocks named magnetite are natural magnets.
- The naturally obtained rocks or materials which have special properties are called magnets
- Magnets can be prepared artificially in different shapes like a bar magnet, horse-shoe magnet, cylindrical or ball-ended magnet.