is it possible to tamper with (or reverse) the poles on a magnet?

Question

if so... how can you?

Answer 1

yes it can be done to weak magnets, usually by subjecting it to heat and a very powerful opposing magnetic field, or a strong shock to knock the monoples into the opposite direction. Sometimes this can happen as a fluke when you do drop an iron magnet on the floor

Answer 2

What your question really implies is that can a line be one point. A line has two ends. you can call each end a pole. To understand a magnet you must investigate how magnetism is cause. Basically magnetism is a space sphenomena.All phenomena are all related by the same thing .Basically magnetism is another representation of the gravity phenomea in the sense that their field appear in different configuration. I am not goeing to describe that. I leave the luxury of discovering that for yourself.

Answer 3

It is very easy to reverse poles on electromagnet - you just chage the direction of current to the opposite.

It is not as easy to change the polarity of the permanet magnet, i.e. a bar of metal. In order to do that, you need to heat it up to high temperature (approximately 300 celcius, just from my memory, for Iron) Then it loses its magnetic properties. You can magnetize it again, and you are free to give it reverce polarity. You can magnetize it by placing in contact with other strong magnet.

If you want your magnets to be stay strong you don't want to store them in a place too warm, has other strong magnetic fields, and you don't want to drop them on the floor, because shock also destroys the magnetism. These factors can mess up your magnet and make it weaker, but they are unlikely to change the polarity.

Answer 4

If you heat it past the Curie Temperature (depends on the materials in your permanent magnet and how it was made) you will wreck the permanent magnetic field. If you then (at temperatures above the Curie Temperature) put it in a strong magnetic field then slowly cool to below the Curie Temperature you should be able to reverse the polarity.

Answer 5

Effectively only an electromagnet. Just reverse the direction of current flow.
It is possible to destroy the magnetism of a permanent magnet (with an ac current) and then re-magnetise with a dc current.

Answer 6

No It is impossible. north is north and south is south.

Answer 7

no