Luke+H14

Luke H 2013-2014
 * DETERMINING THE MAGNETISM OF DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE MAGNETS **


 * ABSTRACT **

The purpose of the experiment was to determine whether the temperature of a magnet affects its ability to pick up paperclips. The hypothesis was that as the temperature of the magnet decreases, the amount of paper clips it held increases. The method of the experiment was to put one magnet on a hotplate, a second equivalent magnet in the refrigerator, and a third equivalent magnet on the experiment table until the magnets were 95o C, 22o C, and 5o C, respectively. Then the magnets were each placed in a box of paper clips, taken out of the box, and held up for ten seconds. Any paper clips still left on the magnet after ten seconds were counted and recorded. This process was repeated three times for each magnet, for a total of nine measurements. The results showed that the 5o C magnet held the most paper clips, the 22o C magnet held the second most paper clips, and the 95o C magnet held the least amount of paper clips. The results also showed that the hotter magnet held an average of 16 paper clips, the room temperature magnets held an average of 21 paper clips, and the colder magnet held an average of 25 paper clips.

An improvement to the experiment, could be to have the hot and cold temperatures of the magnets to be more extreme. Another improvement, was to have the magnets try to pick up different weight materials. In the future, I could find out if the temperature of different types of magnets affects the magnet’s magnetism.
 * EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE EXPERIMENTS **

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