The usual demo to visualize magnetic field lines is to place a paper sheet over a bar magnet and sprinkle iron filings over the sheet. The filings follow the field lines to form the familiar 2D image shown in Fig. 1.
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Neodymium magnets are available from Applied Magnets (appliedmagnets.com) and other retailers.
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