2007-03-08 02:32:38 · 11 answers · asked by evilchass2004 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Not that we know of.
Gravity is an attraction between two masses.
Magnetism is an attraction/repulsion between charges in motion. Magnetism, from a relativistic point of view, is just a manifestation of a unified electromagnetic force.
Physicists love to unify forces. Unifying magnetism and electrostatics was great. Unifying the weak nuclear force with the E-M force was even better. We'd love to unify the strong force (grand unified theory) and gravity (theory of everything) in one neat package, but it hasn't happened yet and probably won't any time soon. (GUT maybe, but TOE is a long way off).
2007-03-08 03:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No gravity and Magnetism are two different forces. Gravitational force is the attractive force that is exerted on all objects on the earth . For example if you flip a coin upwards it will come down and fall on the ground this is the attractive force of gravity. Magnetism on the other hand is simply the ability of a magnet to attract objects. Also remember a magnet cannot attract each and every object.
2007-03-08 02:43:38 · answer #2 · answered by hotshot188 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are not. Gravity is a property of mass. 2 objects with mass have attracting forec based on the distance between them as well. Magnetism is applicable for particular obkject with magnetic properties. Here objects have poles (south and north) and opposite poles attracts.
2007-03-08 02:42:31 · answer #3 · answered by IndianBoy 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've often wondered that myself, and I think the answer is, no, magnetism can be explained as a force, gravity can be explained, just were still working out how, and it actually has nothing to do with a being a force...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity
2007-03-08 02:41:32 · answer #4 · answered by NAMELESS 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No...although they do inhabit the same space, but at different levels. Gravity is what keeps us on the ground. We are not "magnetic". Magnetism involves lines of flux and poles.
2007-03-08 02:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, gravity is due to the natural attraction of large masses, whereas magnetism is a phenomena of ferrous material only, in any amount. Simply put, gravity attracts everything, whereas magnets attract only certain metals.
2007-03-08 02:37:27 · answer #6 · answered by themaestro 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
there are some evidences of magnetogravity forces, but for now a complete theory is somewhat "far".
see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitoelectromagnetism
for more information.
Burkhard Heim's theory unificate the gravity with electromagnetism, but it's not well understood how it works, see heim's theory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkhard_Heim
some string theory also try to unificate all the known forces, but mathematically you need 25 dimensions to do it.
Einstein of course tried to unificate the known forces introducing a constant to equilibrate an equation. After that he said "my biggest error", however that constant was now "revived" for some theories in which the speed of light is not a constant.
2007-03-08 02:38:41 · answer #7 · answered by scientific_boy3434 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no; gravity has to do with the amount of force one object like our sun has on another object like the earth and magnetism has to do with a negative object and a positive object reacting to eachother like the ground and cloads.
2007-03-08 02:38:43 · answer #8 · answered by Adam F 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No.
Gravity grabs everything and magnetism only grabs metals.
2007-03-08 02:37:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Nothing at all alike (except that they both follow the 'inverse square' law of field strength)
Doug
2007-03-08 02:39:28 · answer #10 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋