Attract certain materials – such as iron, nickel, cobalt, certain steels andother alloys;
Exert an attractive or repulsive force on other magnets (opposite polesattract, like poles repel);
Have an effect on electrical conductors when the magnet and conductor aremoving in relation to each other;
Have an effect on the path taken by electrically charged particles travelingin free space.
Based on these effects, magnets transform energy from one form to another,without any permanent loss of their own energy. Examples of magnet functionsare:
A. Mechanical to mechanical – such as attraction and repulsion.
B. Mechanical to electrical – such as generators and microphones.
C. Electrical to mechanical – such as motors, loudspeakers, charged particledeflection.
D. Mechanical to heat – such as eddy current and hysteresistorque devices.
E. Special effects – such as magneto-resistance, Halleffect devices, and magnetic resonance.