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How can we show magnetic field lines?

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Magnetic fields can be mapped out using small plotting compasses : place the plotting compass near the magnet on a piece of paper. move the plotting compass to many different positions in the magnetic field, marking the needle direction each time. join the points to show the field lines.

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Magnetic field lines are defined to have the direction that a small compass points when placed at a location. (a) If small compasses are used to map the magnetic field around a bar magnet, they will point in the directions shown: away from the north pole of the magnet, toward the south pole of the magnet.

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