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I was wondering:
Based on these assumptions,
if the magnetic field of the earth varies,
and for a magnet to raise something from the ground it has to be more powerful than that location's magnetic field,
Will a specific magnet's strength vary significantly based on the strength of the magnetic field at that location? (Hope I expained that well enough)

And of course, is the magnetic field responsible for gravity? Is gravity a consequence of the magnetic field on earth? I'm babbling. But curious.

2007-01-13 12:43:57 · 5 answers · asked by Greywolf 6 in Science & Mathematics Physics

5 answers

Gravity results from the presence of a mass. (any particle with mass can interact trough gravity with one another, as for example your body as you know)
Einstein General Relativity showed gravity as a distortion of the space-time.

The Earth's magnetic field is another type of interaction, and results (one think) from the flux of magma.
It is so weak that one can despise it's effects on other stronger fields.

2007-01-13 13:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by Filipe 3 · 0 0

There is a massive difference. Earth's magnetic field is created by its' northern and southern poles whilst its' gravity comes from it's mass. Gravity and a Magnetic Field are also 2 completely different fields that act in completely different ways, a simple example is that whilst gravity is always attracting an object towards Earths' core, a magnetic field may repel an equally-charge particle to the pole that it is trying to reach. What's more, where Gravity enacts upon things with a mass, a Magnetic Field will only have an effect on a magnet or charged particle.

2016-05-23 22:30:23 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

The Earth's magnetic field has absolutely nothing to do with gravity. The magnetic filed is caused by the presence of a magnetic dipole where the gravitational field is a result of the mass of the Earth. There is no relationship between the two.

2007-01-13 13:58:07 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0 0

Hope
this helps.
The magnetic field generated in the earth's inner core fulfills the primary requirement demanded of the earth's gravitational system; that it attracts substances towards the center of the earth.
Electrons, protons, neutrons all have magnetic moments and are all major constituents of all atoms, since the atom is the building block of all material substances - It can be concluded all matter have magnetic property. The earth's magnetic field will interact with all substances that possess mass regardless whether they are normally considered to be magnetic substances.
The earth's gravity field is the vector sum of the electric magnetic components of the magnetic field radiating from the core at the center of the earth in the form of electromagnetic waves.

2007-01-13 13:56:34 · answer #4 · answered by Samantha 4 · 0 0

Gravity and magnetic field have nothing in common. Gravity is a propriety of any matter, magnetic or not.

The magnetic field of the Earth is quite week. It just manages to orientate a compass magnetic needle or disc.

2007-01-13 12:58:25 · answer #5 · answered by PragmaticAlien 5 · 2 0

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