what are some uses for magnets?

Answer 1

Car scrap yard - lifting & shifting cars/scrap

Answer 2

Motors, motors, and motors.

The little buzzer in your cell phone is an electric motor with magnets

The thing that makes your R/C model car go is an electric motor with magnets

The disk drive in your computer uses 2 motors. The disk spins using an electric motor, using magnets, and the little head that picks up the information off the disk uses a powerful set of magnets in a special motor to move.

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Answer 3

For temporary attaching items to metal and also to repel opposites.

Compass
Signs on vehicles
Moving scrap metal (huge magnets in scrapyards)
Hold doors open, with electro magnets, if electric is cut i.e. fire etc can be automatically shut.
Earrings for none pierced ears
Jewerllery to relieve aches and pains
Jewellery fasteners
Holding notes on a fridge!
Etc, etc, etc

Answer 4

compass
motor field
security systems
computer systems
the earth's magnetic field shield to the sun's radiation
credit card magnetic strips
maglev trains
magnetic brakes
junk yard crane metal pickup
automotive sensors
CAT scans (medical)

Answer 5

sticking paper notes to fridges

for picking up ferric metal objects on the ground,

there is an ultra fast train in Japan that uses, electro magnets to "float" on the rail

speakers for audio equipment contain magnets

magnets with a copper coil can be used to generate electricity

Answer 6

put some small (but powerful) magnets into some (dead) fish.
Buy some steel mesh underwear, and wear them under your normal clothing (this MAY cause some irritation).
Get your friends to throw the fish at you.
Watch the astonishment of passers by, when the fish "magically" stick to your pants!
See how long you can wear the pants before the public health / mental health people intervene.
I managed nearly 6 days.

Answer 7

Magnets will not stick to precious metals such as gold-silver-brass or copper.

Answer 8

Holding things to fridges

Etch-a-Sketch

Drawing with iron fillings, like Wooly Willy

Magna Doodles

Magnets are fun

Answer 9

Electomagnets - on cranes for picking up iron/steel/nickel objects
Electric motors
Dynamos
Picking up pins from the floor!

Answer 10

electric motors, burglar alarm door and window sensors, separating metal from refuse, as a 'fixing' to hold metal objects in place...............