Misconceptions Regarding the Magnetic and Electric Polarization

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Polarization is the separation of the negative and positive charges within an atomic object, a nuclear, and a chemical system. Through induction, the movement of electrons within an object mixes. The system or the object is has an excess of the negative electrons concentrated on one side while the other side has a concentration of positive electrons. This leads to concentration of the opposite charges on different ends of the object (Askeland and Pradeep 116). This paper studies the misconceptions and the confusions regarding the magnetic and the electric polarization. For instance, there is a misconception that “a magnetic field exerts a force on both the steady and the moving objects” (Fernandez and Wai-Yim 344), this is not the case always. The other misconception is that “magnets attract all metals.” This assumption is also false
Polarization applies to both the electric charges and the magnetic charges. Not all metals are magnetic, different metals have a different orientation of the dipoles. A magnet attracts an object that has electrons flow in the same direction. However, not all metals have their negative and positive charges orientated in the same line (Wiedemann 467). This always cancels the magnetic field if the charges were to flow in the same direction. The effect of flow of electrons in different directions is the creation of a stronger field that causes no attraction to the magnets. Scientific evidence dismisses the general idea that all metals are magnetic.
Polarization applies in electric charges by dielectrics. These dielectrics are objects that cannot conduct electricity but an electric field polarizes them. This means that their electrons and protons have the ability to move freely in all directions (Fernande...

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...c to have electric field around it. No more scientific evidence is required to put these assumptions in light. However, more researches on this subject are ongoing with numerous publishing of scholarly articles every day. Importantly, the articles lead to the same conclusion and without scientific explanation, polarization will remain difficult to many.

Works Cited
Askeland, Donald R., and Pradeep P. Fulay. The Science and Engineering of Materials. Pacific Grove, CA: Thomson Brooks/Cole, 2003. Print.
Fernandez-Baca, J. A., and Wai-Yim Ching. The Magnetism of Amorphous Metals and Alloys. Singapore: World Scientific, 1995. Print. (231)
Fujiwara, Hiroyuki. Spectroscopic Ellipsometry: Principles and Applications. Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. Print. (24)
Wiedemann, Helmut. Synchrotron Radiation. Berlin: Springer, 2003. Print. (211)

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