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Hard & Soft Magnets

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Hard and Soft Magnets

Iron and steel are both magnetic materials. Iron is a soft magnet and steel is a hard magnet.

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Hard magnets

  • Steel is said to be magnetically hard.
  • This means that once steel has been magnetised (made into a magnet), it keeps its magnetism after it is removed from the field.
  • Permanent magnets are always magnetic, even when they are not near other magnets.
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Soft magnets

  • Iron is said to be magnetically soft.
  • This means that iron can be magnetised (made into a magnet) but it loses its magnetism as soon as it is removed from the field.

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