PURPOSE: To demonstrate the torque on a bar magnet in a magnetic field.
DESCRIPTION: A small bar magnet is suspended on a rotating pivot between the poles of a horseshoe magnet. If the bar magnet is turned and released it rotates back to its original position due to the torque applied by the magnetic field of the horseshoe magnet.
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REFERENCES: (PIRA unknown.)
EQUIPMENT: Mounted horseshoe magnet with suspended bar magnet as photographed.
SETUP TIME: None.
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