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experiment to distinguish between a magnet and an iron.

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Take a metal bar and an iron bar. ... A magnet when suspended freely will rest only in the north-south direction according to the earth's magnetic field, but the soft iron bar will rest In any direction. This is a simple experiment to identify a magnet from other metals.

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How to distinguish between a magnet and an iron bar?





 To distinguish between a magnet and an iron bar is - Take a metal bar and an iron bar. Let us suspend them freely from a vertical pole and observe it carefully when they come to rest. A magnet when suspended freely will rest only in the north-south direction according to the earth's magnetic field, but the soft iron bar will rest In any direction. This is a simple experiment to identify a magnet from other metals.