Re: magnets in HDs

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Original poster: "Alexander Rice by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alex-at-rices.myip-dot-org>

10/05/2002 19:27:46, "Tesla list" 
<tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of 
Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
<Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>
>
>
>0riginal bar magnet:
>	+----------------------------------+
>	| North                      South |
>	+----------------------------------+
>	
>broken bar magent:
>	+-----------------+  +-----------------+
>	| North     South |  | North     South |
>	+-----------------+  +-----------------+
>
>please say again how the two new ends are 
going to _REPEL_ ??????
>
>-Peter Lawrence.

I know, i was thinking that but it is true, 
broken hdd magnets really do repel, i think 
the thing is that north and south are alligned 
on the thin dimenesion of the magnet, when you 
break it ALONG the N/S axis then the pieces 
repel. IE:
>	+-----------------+
>	|			  |
	| North     South |
>	|			  |
	+-----------------+
>	
				goes to

>	+-----------------+  
>	| North     South |   
	+-----------------+
>	+-----------------+ 
>	| North     South |  
>	+-----------------+  
>

>

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