Magnets and Electricity.?

Question

If i put a wire between two strong magnets and then hook the wires to a 6 volt battery will it break the magnets apart ?????
with out damaging the magnets ?

What i need to do for science class is be able to hold 60 pounds of weight up from the door and be able to break the magnets apart with a ,switch. 60 feet away.can anyone help ????

Answer 1

You'll short out a perfectly good 9v battery that way. Instead, make one a permanent magnet, the other an electromagnet. Let them be aligned along their opposite poles, so they attract and hold up the weight. Then reverse the current in the wire - this should get the impact you need.

Answer 2

How about putting the 60lb of weight into a wedge-shaped thing. Then when you hit the switch, a motor could turn that lets the wedge fall down, right between the 2 magnets.

I don't think the wire idea would work. The magnets' N & S ends are sticking next to each other. To induce a magnetism in the wire so it repels both bar magnets requires something like: http://members.wri.com/jeffb/visualization/solenoid.jpg (it's like curled telephone wire). You know the ends of the pic, where the purple lines shoot out horizontally, they should point towards the bar magnets. But if the bar magnets are already stuck together, how would you stick the curly wire between them?

Answer 3

u need to create an electro magnet. To make one that will lift or hold 60 pounds will take some hefty wire and some hefty voltage
http://education.jlab.org/beamsactivity/6thgrade/magnetsandelectromagnets/stu01.l.html.

This site talks about a similar project on a smaller scale. Maybe it will help

Answer 4

1. No
2. don't understand your setup

Answer 5

answer 2 and 3 is as good as an answer as i coulda gave you.