Question

Problem 5: Consider the four cubes shown to the right, numbered 1 through 4. Three of the faces of each cube are labeled A, B, C. surface 2B attracts surface 4A surface 1A attracts surface 4C surface 3B does not interact with 1A

Determine if each of the cubes is a magnet, a ferromagnet or non-magnetic. Explain. If you cannot determine which class a cube belongs to, explain why you cannot. EssayAdvanced   : = __________________________________________

Answer 1

Cube 3 is non magnetic as it doesnot interact with 1A which interacts with 4C

Cube 1 can be magnetic or ferro magnetic as it can be also attracted to a magnetic being a ferromagnetic

Ferromagnetic materials are strongly attracted by a magnetic force. The elements iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and gadolinium (Gd) are such materials.The reasons these metals are strongly attracted are because their individual atoms have a slightly higher degree of magnetism due to their configuration of electrons, their atoms readily line up in the same magnetic direction and the magnetic domains or groups of atoms line up more readily.

cube 2 can be magnetic or ferro magnetic similar to cube 1

cube 4 can be magnetic as well as ferromagnetic if cube 2 and 1 are magnetic