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« on: October 12, 2017, 04:56:44 PM »
An important part of the relationship between magnets and temperature is the fact that heating the magnet causes its molecules to become more out of order or for the want of a better term disorderly. Basically magnets are dipoles, which means they have an opposite charge, or magnetic direction, at each end. This is a result of most of the magnetic molecules facing the same direction. When magnets are heated, those polar molecules all start moving around. The average direction of the entire magnet’s polarity becomes a little bit disorderly because those magnetic molecules are no longer facing the same direction. So basically as Mick described a cool magnet is much more effective than a hot magnet. In most cases if you significantly overheat a magnet the magnet will lose its total effect.
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