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Can you magnetize a bit of metal that is not a magnetic type of metal?

April 26, 2017bit MAGNETIC magnetize metal type

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Can you magnetize a bit of metal that is not a magnetic type of metal?

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you can’t. A ferromagnetic material has what are called magnetic domains within it. These domains are effectively “tiny magnets” and are randomly arranged when they are in non-magnetized ferromagnetic metals. We can align them and make the material magnetic with the right equipment. A bit of metal that is not ferromagnetic has to domains to realign, so it can’t be magnetized.