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what happens when a bar magnet is cut diagonally? where will be the north and south poles?

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what happens when a bar magnet is cut diagonally? where will be the north and south poles?

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Vikram Saxena

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30 Mar 2012 23:16:20 IST

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Shape doesn't matter, you can have permanent magnets of any shape. But there is always a North pole (not poll) and a South pole. The location of the poles has nothing to do with the shape, you can, for example, make a long rod shaped magnet with the poles NOT at the ends.

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