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» Lightning_Count - Lightning
Thanks a lot for educating me. You might want to learn how to spell "lightning" before you impart your expertise to too many children.-- posted by Lightning_Count
» DogsRule - "Lightening" - Major conceptual errors
More important than the spelling error of the word lightning is the fundamental misconception introduced. Magnetism is not caused by charges. Magnets do not have + and - ends. They have North and South ends. Electric charges exist individually (electrons and protons). There are no individual magnetic units or "monopoles". This is why when a bar magnet is broken in half, two North-South magnets result.There are many reputable websites explaining these differences available. Here is but one:
http://www.school-for-champions.com/scie...
-- posted by DogsRule
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