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15670834 No.15670834 [Reply] [Original]

Is magnetism an immaterial force? what about gravity?

>> No.15670899

>>15670834
define "immaterial force"

>> No.15670929

>>15670899

Something that acts with no material quality in the act itself

>> No.15670973

>>15670929
define "material quality"

>> No.15671002

>>15670973

Something with mass/energy

>> No.15671032

>>15671002
so you're asking
is there no energy in magnetism?

>> No.15671067

>>15670834
Every interaction is faciliated through some particle. I most cases these particles are detectable but in case of magnetism they're not. What are these "virtual photons"?

>> No.15671151

>>15671032

Sure

>> No.15672496

Bump

>> No.15672608

>>15671151
Well a magnet emits photons when you move it around and photons have energy, so..

>> No.15673425

>>15671151
there is not no energy in magnetism