Class 6 Chapter 13 Fun with Magnets

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.

 

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