These are 11 pages of the Magnetism topic in the GCSE Physics AQA course. There are key facts that you need to know from the spec and diagrams from various sources such as Cognito. I used these notes and achieved a grade 9 in my Physics GCSE. Please dm if you have any qs!!
● A magnet is a material / object that produces a magnetic field
● Field lines : INTO the south - OUT of north
● More dense the field lines, the stronger the magnetic field
Permanent and Induced Magnets
● Actual magnet produces a magnetic field
● Magnetic material is influenced by a magnetic field
● Permanent magnets produce their own magnetic field all the time
● Induced magnets only have a magnetic field temporarily eg: nickel put in magnetic field
of permanent magnet
● Force between permanent and induced magnet will always be attractive
● When induced magnet is removed out of magnetic field, it will lose its magnetism
● Magnetically soft - induced magnet loses its magnetism very quickly
● Magnetically hard - induced magnet loses its magnetism very slowly
Magnetic elements:
- Nickel - magnetically soft
- Cobalt
- Iron - magnetically soft
- Alloy : steel - magnetically hard
, Electromagnetism
● Solenoid is an electromagnet because electricity is used to make the magnet
● Electromagnets are only magnetic for as long as the current flows through the wire
● Direction of magnetic field can be reversed by reversing the direction of the current
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