Monopole Magnets
Monopole Magnets
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I was wondering if you could make a magnet monopole by shielding one side? I drew a picture to show what I mean.
Or would the flux of the south pole find a way out?
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Or would the flux of the south pole find a way out?
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RE: Monopole Magnets
It may perhaps be possible to create a spherical monopole with one pole inside and the other pole on the surface of the sphere. But most flux would then be internal to the sphere and only stray flux geting out of the sphere.
Gunnar Englund
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RE: Monopole Magnets
I don't think you can create monopole with a sphere either. If there is flux leaving the sphere surface at some location, then it must re-enter the magnet surface at some other location (to flow in a loop). One of those locations will act like north pole and one like south pole.
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Bill
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RE: Monopole Magnets
A small confusion factor: Magnetic dipoles cannot exist.... while electric dipoles can exist (like an electron). But that electric case is looking at charge, not current.
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http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40302
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Dirac came later and I'm sure he was a smart guy – after all he's got a function named after him. It must be some obscure quantum thing. For any purpose that I know of, Maxwell's laws apply.
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