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A refrigerator is not a magnet, however it does contain an electric motor, and within that motor are permanent magnets (as well as electromagnets).

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Q: Is a refrigerator an example of a permanet magnet or magnetic material?
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What is an example of a magnetic material?

Steel is a magnet material, but not all metals are magnetic, like Aluminum.


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A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field is invisible but is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet: a force that pulls on other ferromagnetic materials and attracts or repels other magnets. A refrigerator magnet is an ornament attached to a magnet that is used to post items such as shopping lists or report cards on a refrigerator, or simply as decoration. Refrigerator magnets come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, including for example, images die-cut to a specific shape or tiny plastic sculptures of fruits. Refrigerator magnets are a relatively popular object of collectors.


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What is the steps of making magnetic materials to non magnetic materials?

A magnetic material will become non-magnetic if the temperature is increased beyond its magnetic transition temperature. For example, iron will be non-magnetic if its temperature exceeds about 1050 kelvin. Transition temperatures for different magnetic materials vary over a wide range. The element Gadolinium has a transition temperature near room temperature. Many other materials must be cooled to close to absolute zero in order to be magnetic.Another way to make a magnetic material non-magnetic, which may be possible for some materials, is to add an appropriate quantity of impurities. For example most stainless steels are non-magnetic even though they are mostly iron.It is also important to recognize the difference between magnetic materials and magnetized materials. Magnetic materials can be demagnetized, so they do not act like magnets, even below their transition temperature. They are still magnetic, but the magnetic regions within the material, called "domains," have been randomized in direction. When the material is magnetized, those internal fields tend to line up and combine their strength. Magnetizing and demagnetizing is often confused with magnetic and non-magnetic transitions, however the two phenomena are quite different in nature.


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What is a piece of magnetic material that remains its magnetic proporties after it is removed form a magnetic field?

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