Physics GCSE
Field around a bar magnet
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The lines crowd near the poles and spread out further away, so the field is strongest at the poles and weakest at the sides and at distance.
Topics that use Field around a bar magnet
- Magnets and magnetic fields (OCR GCSE)
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