Is it possible to have a magnet with only a north pole or a south pole?
Every magnet has both a north and a south pole. There are no magnets with only one pole (see magnetic monopoles). With an axially magnetized disc magnet, for example, you could write a big N and an S on either round face with a marker.
Does a magnet need two poles?
Experimentation shows that all magnets have two poles. If freely suspended, one pole will point toward the north. The two poles are thus named the north magnetic pole and the south magnetic pole (or more properly, north-seeking and south-seeking poles, for the attractions in those directions).
Can ever there be a magnet without pole?
(a) Yes, there can be a magnet with no pole e.g. in case of a toroid carrying current.
Do monopole magnets exist?
Magnetic monopole, hypothetical particle with a magnetic charge, a property analogous to an electric charge. As yet there is no evidence for the existence of magnetic monopoles, but they are interesting theoretically.
Do magnets ever have single pole?
These ends are called poles. All magnets have two poles: a north pole and a south pole. You can feel the magnetic force if you hold two magnets so that their poles are near each other. If the poles are opposite (north and south), you will feel an attraction between the magnets.
Do magnetic monopoles exist?
A magnetic monopole does not exist. Just as the two faces of a current loop cannot be physically separated, magnetic North pole and the South pole can never be separated even on breaking a magnet to its atomic size.
What is a magnetic monopole?
In particle physics, a magnetic monopole is a hypothetical elementary particle that is an isolated magnet with only one magnetic pole (a north pole without a south pole or vice versa). A magnetic monopole would have a net “magnetic charge”. Modern interest in the concept stems from particle theories,…
