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Why does a broken magnets form two new ones?
Episode 349

Why does a broken magnets form two new ones?

Why is it when we break a magnet in half, we get two new magnets?

Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists

November 28, 20164m 3s

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Show Notes

Why is it when we break a magnet in half, we get two new magnets? Why don't we just get separate north and south poles formed? Liam Messin set out to find the answer with Tim Boyd, a Cambridge undergraduate... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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