🔹 What Are Elementary Magnets?

Elementary magnets, also known as magnetic domains, are microscopic magnetic regions within a material. Each domain acts like a tiny magnet with its own north and south poles.

🔸 How Are They Aligned in a Magnetized Object?

In a magnetized object, these elementary magnets are aligned in the same direction:

• All north poles point in one direction.
• All south poles point in the opposite direction.
• This results in their magnetic fields combining to create a stronger, unified magnetic field.

This alignment is the reason why such a magnet can attract objects like paperclips.

🔸 Why Is Alignment Important?

If the domains were oriented randomly:

• Their individual magnetic fields would cancel out.
• The material would not show any magnetism.

Proper alignment leads to visible magnetic behavior and the ability to attract other objects.