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Magnetic field lines made visible

Magnetic field lines made visible

Magnetic field lines can be made visible

Iron filings, magnetic viewing film  or ferrofluid can all make magnetic field lines visible.  Isolated readings can be also taken with gauss meters. Sure there are some nice computer graphics of predicted fields and the earth’s fields. But what about around other places such as large irregular magnets or even the earth’s magnetic field lines in your back yard for example?
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Magnetic viewing film

A special film to view magnetic fields

Magnetic viewing film

Magnetic viewing film allows one to visualise magnetic fields easily. Of interest is the segmented field from the top magnet which is not apparent by just looking at it. The old AlNiCo bar magnet on the left has a very distorted field.
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