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Magnets Affect Non-Magnetic Materials Really?
04/06/2014
Sounds strange, but it's true. All magnets consist of North and South poles. By alternating, or spinning these poles at high speeds, a field of energy is created around conductive non-ferrous materials that come within this magnetic field. This in turn repels the newly charged objects away from the magnet source.
This repulsion is the same as when you take two magnets and as the magnets are brought together they actually push away from each other. The energy field that's been created around the non-ferrous material gives the material a charge the same as the magnet which pushes them away from each other. (http://www.americanrecycler.com/03spotlight02.html)
To get more technical, these opposing electrical charges between the magnet and the non-ferrous object are referred to as eddy currents. These currents will swirl in a direction that is opposing to the magnetic field from which it they were created. (http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4964019_eddy-currents-work.html)