I was thinking about this the other day and wondering about magnetic flux and gravity-- I know that they are not related, but was wondering about the similarities. Does magnetic flux travel at the speed of light? What is magnetic flux? By that I mean how is it transmitted? Light is photons, and possibly gravity transmitted by gravitons--so what is magnetic flux made out of? I was wondering if gravity could be described in a similar fashion--as a field but without the flux lines--sort of a gravity flux sphere I guess. I know that we don't really understand how gravity really works yet, whether it is particle or field or both or something else entirely that we haven't thought of yet, was just wondering if someone could clear up the magnetic flux thing.
On a side note, are the strong and weak forces similar? Are they fields too? Thanks!
2007-01-14 09:17:15 · 4 answers · asked by ~XenoFluX 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Look, I know that they are not similar in how they work... I undestand they are completely seperate forces. I am wondering what a flux line is. I know how to get a "picture" with iron filings. Is if an unknown particle called the magneton? What IS it?
Gravity attracts relative to the amount of mass that is present, right? Doesn't magnetism cause attraction (yes, I know it is a dipole, and I know that it is not gravity and isn't like it) increasingly with the number of lined-up electrons?
2007-01-14 09:41:26 · update #1
If you search the word 'flux' on Wikipedia t returns a rather complicated mathematical description. I remember some of this stuff from college but field theories and integral calculus were always right at the edge of my understanding. Wikipedia boils the meaning down to "a measure of the amount of stuff through a thing" but this applies better to transport phenomena like the flow in a river rather than fields. I think that you could consider magnetic flux as a measure of the amount of power transmitted by the field.
I have never read any discussion on how a magnetic field is transmitted. I'm not sure that transmitted is the correct term, a field is more like a property of the space surrounding the object generating the field.
A gravity field and a magnetic or electric can all be described the same way using flux but a gravity field only has one pole where a magnetic field always has two, an electric field can have one or two.
I looked the strong and weak force up on Wikpedia as well, they are similar and they are fields. The strong force holds together the quarks and gluons that make up protons and neutrons. The weak force is weirder and 10^13 times weaker. It seams to have the effect of preventing the quarks in neutrons from changing their 'flavor' (you can look up the meaning of that) and causing the neutron to decay.
2007-01-14 10:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by mechengineer 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gravity and magnets attract. Both have less attraction at greater distance.
Gravity does not push as a similar magnets would.
Magnets are an energy field that can be drawn.
Gravity begins at the center of an object.
2007-01-14 09:58:52 · answer #2 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place a magnet under a piece of paper and sprinkle iron flings over it . U can see the lines of magnetic flux.
Gravity has no similarity . we launched 2 polar satellites and it was difficult to keep them near each other without their gravity messing with our figures. One tough job.
2007-01-14 09:30:05 · answer #3 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99184.htm
did a project on that and this web site helped
light can be pulled by gravity in a black hole
2007-01-14 09:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by scawsome 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋