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Magnetic Materials

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Magnetic Materials

Iron, nickel and cobalt are the only pure metals that can be turned into a magnet. These metals are “magnetic materials”.

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Properties of magnetic materials

  • Magnetic materials, like iron, don’t always act as magnets.
  • For example a normal piece of iron won’t attract (pull) or repel (push) another piece of iron.
  • But magnetic materials, like iron, are attracted to a magnet if they are close enough to the magnet.
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Properties of magnetic materials

  • Magnetic materials can be attracted by a magnet, but can’t be repelled by a magnet.
  • Only two magnets can repel each other.
  • Non-magnetic materials will never be attracted to magnets.
  • Permanent magnets are always magnetic, even when they are not near other magnets.
    • They produce their own magnetic field.

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