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A student places a magnet next to a copper rod and then an iron rod - OCR Gateway - GCSE Physics - Question 6 - 2022 - Paper 1
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A student places a magnet next to a copper rod and then an iron rod. | | Copper rod | Iron rod | |---|------------|----------| | A | attracts | attracts | | B ... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:A student places a magnet next to a copper rod and then an iron rod - OCR Gateway - GCSE Physics - Question 6 - 2022 - Paper 1
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C nothing happens attracts
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When a magnet is placed near a copper rod, nothing happens because copper is a non-magnetic material and does not interact with a magnetic field. However, when the magnet is placed next to the iron rod, it is attracted to the magnet because iron is a magnetic material. Therefore, the correct description of what happens is represented in row C, where the copper rod experiences no interaction and the iron rod is attracted to the magnet.