Explaining Electron's Attraction & Repulsion Between Magnetic Poles

[pharaoh]

What causes the attraction or repulsion between magnetic poles? Answer this from the perspective of an electron.


There are two kinds of electric charges: positive and negative.
• Charges exert forces on other charges at a distance.
• The force is stronger when the charges are closer together.
• Like charges repel; opposite charges attract.
There are two kinds of electric charge, positive and negative. Interactions of these charges explain the attraction and repulsion
Coulomb’s law states that the force between two charged particles varies
directly with the product of their charges and inversely with the square of
the distance between them.
An electron will push the similar charge electron away
causing them to spread farther
apart. A positively charged (different charge of electron)
attracts some of the electrons,
causing forcing them to attract.


What is the difference in the properties of an electric charge vs. a magnetic charge?

you cannot separate charges in magnets, the electron in magnets have north ans south pole.

 

[Mentz114]

Is this a homework question ? It seems to be a collection of questions and statements about Coulomb's law. It is confused. Please look up some elementary facts about electric and magnetic fields. You could start here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetism

 

[m2003]

Unlike electric charges they are either positive or negative and can be separated. Magnetic poles cannot be separated and will always have both a north and south pole. Additionally, electric charges can exist on stationary objects while magnetic charges (or poles) are only found in moving objects. This is because the movement of electrons creates a magnetic field, while stationary objects do not have this movement and therefore do not have magnetic poles.