A thin steel plate 8 inches square holds several magnets of different types: a large and small horseshoe magnet, four bar magnets an inch long, a three-inch bar magnet, and a trio of three-inch series magnets in plastic cases.

Magnet Tray

Item 302
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9BB100 - Passive Magnetic Components
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Used in demonstrations

Several broken bar magnet pieces (red-painted and bare metal) with Edmund Scientific labels on a green surface

Broken Magnets

Breaking a magnet always produces smaller dipoles — each piece retains both a north and south pole. This demonstrates that magnetic monopoles do not exist and that magnetic field lines …
Dark magnet tray holding a large horseshoe magnet labeled S and N, small red-blue bar magnets, cylindrical rod magnets, a small red horseshoe magnet, and a bar magnet with red N and black S ends
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Magnets

An assortment of magnets for demonstrating attraction/repulsion, the impossibility of magnetic monopoles (broken magnets always produce two dipoles), and compass alignment with Earth's field. Useful as a hands-on introduction to …