Iron filings can be fun to play with, although we don’t think we’ve ever had any this fine. If you prefer your magnetic field visualizations to be higher-tech, we have the answer.

Iron filings can be fun to play with, although we don’t think we’ve ever had any this fine. If you prefer your magnetic field visualizations to be higher-tech, we have the answer.

When you demonstrate the magnetic field of a bar magnet using iron filings, the filings form lines. But isn't the field a continuous plane? What makes the lines form and why do they spread apart ...

Wrap each bar magnet in a layer of plastic wrap to prevent iron filings from sticking to them. Lay one of the magnets on a table noting the position of the north and south labels.

The iron fillings lend themselves well to a snowy landscape, but this world appears more threatening than idyllic. The power of unseen magnets manipulates the filings into imposing stalactites.

peak-05 Designer Ariane Spanier crafted a dynamic and dimensional typeface using only refrigerator magnets purchased from a 99-cent store and acrylic paint mixed with iron filings.

A magnet is an object that can pull some types of metal towards it. Magnets are made from magnetic metals such as iron, nickel, and cobalt. Magnets come in all shapes and sizes – you might have ...

Iron, steel, nickel and cobalt are magnetic close magneticAble to be magnetised or attracted to a magnet. materials and would feel the force from a nearby magnet. All other materials that do not ...

By scattering iron filings into oil-laden water, Arden Warner found the filings selectively join onto the oil. Then it's just a simple matter of using a magnet to sweep the oily iron filings up up.

If you’re not sure the novelty of putty that reacts to magnets will hold your attention long enough to spend $15 on a whole can of it, Dave Hax shows you how to make your own on the cheap using ...