When paper clips are put on a paper and a magnet below the paper the paper the clips are still attracted to the magnet . Does this mean that the paper is magnetic?
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A steel paper clip near a magnet will be magnetically polarized by the magnet so that it is at least temporarily a magnet.
If we use the magnetic pole model of magnets, the side of the clip near a North pole of a magnet will become a South pole, and the other side will become a North pole.
The magnetic field produced by a magnet will almost always diminish in strength with distance away from the magnet. That means that the magnetic field will be stronger on the near, or in this case, South pole of the clip than on the far or North pole of the clip.
The force on the near pole will be attractive, and the force on the far pole will be repulsive, but the attractive force will be stronger for net attraction.
If we don’t use the magnetic pole model, the magnetic field produced by the magnet will still magnetize the paper clip, and attraction results because if the clip moves toward the magnet, magnetic field energy is reduced, and systems tend toward lower potential energy states when free to move.
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