3.1.4 Note to text 3.1.3:
a 30-cp lamp - лампа мощностью в 30 свечей (ср - candle power)
3.2 Texts Magnetism and Electricity
3.2.1 Read, translate and retell. Magnetism
Magnets. - A peculiar mineral (Fe3O4) called lodestone was found in early times in the neighborhood of Magnesia in Asia Minor. This mineral has the power of attracting small particles of the same mineral and of setting itself in one particular direction when suspended. When a piece of this lodestone is dipped into iron filings, they adhere to it. It is found that there are two places on each piece of this mineral at which the iron filings adhere in greatest quantities. If such a piece of lodestone is suspended by means of a silk thread, it is found that the line joining the places at which the iron filings adhere in greatest quantities points north and south.
When a steel knitting needle is stroked from one end to the other with a piece of lodestone, using for point of contact one of the points at which the iron filings adhere most freely, the needle acquires the property of attracting iron filings and of setting itself north and south when suspended. Such a needle is called an artificial magnet. There are other ways in which more powerful artificial magnets can be made. The properties of these magnets do not differ in any way from those of the needle, except that they are much more powerful.
Magnetic Poles. - On dipping a magnetized needle into iron filings it is seen that the iron filings adhere most strongly at the ends of the needle. These places at which the tendency of the iron filings to cling to the needle is greatest are called poles. If that end of a suspended needle may be disturbed, it will come to rest with the marked end pointing north. For convenience, it is desirable to call the end of the magnetic needle that points north the north-seeking pole, or N pole. The other end is called the south-seeking pole, or the S pole.
Law of Force between Magnetic Poles. - Experiments show the following:
1. Like poles repel each other, but unlike poles attract each other. Thus, two N poles repel each other and two S poles repel each other, but N pole and S pole attract each other.
2. The force with which the poles of two magnets attract or repel each other, in a vacuum, is equal to the product of the pole strength devided by the square of the distance between the poles.
Magnetic Field. - The space outside the magnet in which its influence can be detected is called the magnetic field. In the case of powfull magnets this space extends far from the magnet, but in the case of feeble magnets the magnetic field is so weak that it may be considered as confined to a small region near the magnet.
At every point near a magnet or a system of magnets, a free magnetic pole would experience a force tending to drive it in a definite direction. The direction in which a free N pole would move is called the direction of the magnetic field and the magnitude of the force on unit pole is known as the intensity of the magnetic field. The intensity of the magnetic field, or the magnetic intensity, is thus defined to be the mechanical force measured in dynes that is exerted on unit pole at a point in free space. The unit of magnetic intensity is called the oersted. If the magnetic field is such that there is a force of 1 dyne on unit pole, the magnetic field or the magnetic intensity at that point is 1 oersted.
Unit Pole. - A unit pole is a pole of such strength that it will repel a similar pole of equal strength with a force of 1 dyne when placed 1 cm away from it in a vacuum. An isolated pole is not a physical possibility, since every magnet must have an equal south pole for every north pole. It is possible to realize approximately the conditions assumed in this definition by supposing that the magnets are very long, so that the influence of the other pole is small. The number of unit poles on the end of a magnet is measured by the number of dynes of force that it will exert on a unit pole 1 cm from it in a vacuum.
The force in air differs little from the force in a vacuum. Hence, the distinction between air and vacuum may be neglected.
Magnetic Lines of Force. - In order to make it easier to understand the way in which the magnetic field changes from point to point, it is convenient to draw certain lines (Figure 44) which by their direction represent the direction of the magnetic field and by their number represent the intesity of the magnetic field.
Figure 44 - Magnetic lines of force around a bar magnet
Such lines are called lines of magnetic force. Such a line of magnetic force is the path along which a perfectly free N pole would travel when left alone in the magnetic field. Since such a free N pole cannot be obtained in practice, a small compass needle is used to determine the direction of the magnetic field at a point. When the compass needle comes to rest, its axis points in the direction of the magnetic field at that point.
In order to represent the strength of the magnetic field, there is a well-established convention concerning the number of lines of force to be drawn per unit area. The agreement is that the number of lines of force per square centimeter shall be just equal to the number of dynes with which the field would act on a unit pole. For example, a magnetic field equal to 10 oersteds is represented by drawing 10 lines of force per square centimeter.
Molecular Theory of Magnetism. - It is assumed that every substance which is capable of being magnetized consists of a very large number of molecular magnets, probably no larger than the molecules out of which the substances are made. When the substance is unmagnetized, these molecular magnets are not arranged in any particular direction, but are oriented indiscriminately. When the substance is magnetized, a larger number of them are made to point along the axis of the magnet than point in another direction. In the interior of the magnet, the little north poles lie so close to the little south poles that each destroys the influence of the other. At one end of the bar are tree north poles, and at the other end are free south poles. The sum of all these little north poles makes the N pole of the magnet, and the sum of all the little south poles makes the S pole of the magnet.
Magnetic Induction. - When a bar magnet is placed near a piece of unmagnetized iron, the elementary magnets in the iron tend to arrange themselves so that all the N poles point in one direction and all the S poles in the opposite direction. The piece of iron thus becomes a magnet so long as it is in the presence of the permanent bar magnet. South-seeking poles are produced near the north-seeking pole of the bar magnet and north-seeking poles at the other end of the piece of soft iron. This process of magnetization is known as magnetization by induction.
Molecular State of a Magnetized Body. - It is found that when a magnet is broken in two, two complete magnets result, two new poles appearing at the fracture. These poles must have existed in the original magnet, but without producing external effects, since they neutralized each other.
Hence magnetization is a state existing everywhere in a magnet, but manifested only at the poles. On breaking the magnet into still shorter pieces, we still get complete magnets. While the subdivision cannot actually be carried to parts of the size of molecules, there are strong reasons for believing that the molecules (or atoms) of a magnetic substance are magnets.
We can now explain what takes place when a rod of iron is magnetized. The molecular magnets in the unmagnetized rod were like a lot of small magnets thrown into a box, their axes being turned in all directions. In magnetizing the rod we twist the molecular magnets around so that their axes are more or less parallel to the length of the rod, a process that can be imitated by using a glass tube filled wllh iron filings. The more completely they are lined up in this direction, the stronger is the resulting magnet.
In this position they possess potential energy which they had not before, and this came from the work we had to do to turn them. It is found that there is a limit to the strength to which a rod can be magnetized by using stronger and stronger inducing magnets. All the molecular magnets then agree in direction and the rod is described as saturated.
Hammering, bending, or twisting an iron rod when it is near a magnet increase its magnetization, and they also tend to demagnetize a permanent magnet, owing to the agitation of the molecules that they produce. A permanent magnet can also be demagnetized by heating it to a red heat, since heat is in itself a molecular disturbance and tends to destroy the alinement of the molecules. For the same reason soft iron cannot be magnetized temporarily when it is at a red heat. A long wire of soft iron mounted to swing will cling to the pole of a magnet, but it loses its hold when heated by a Bunsen burner.
When out of the flame it again becomes magnetic and returns to the magnet, and so it continues to vibrate. A similar experiment with a strip of nickel attached to a blackened copper disk (to promote cooling) succeeds when the source of heat is merely an alchohol flame, since nickel loses its magnetic properties at a much lower temperature than iron. The critical temperature is called the Curie point.