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They all sit next to each other in the Periodic Table, thus have similar electron numbers and atomic sizes. This allows a magnetic resonance to be set up between the moving electrons resulting in what we can measure as a ferromagnetic effect

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Those are not the only magnetic materials. Looking for headphone information today I came across the most powerful magnet yet discovered, Nd2Fe14B. This is also known as a neodymium magnet. It contains neodynium and boron as well as iron. The magnetism arises due to how the atoms are aligned in the magnet. If they align properly the magnetic field of one atom is added to the adjacent ones.

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Yes, cobalt and nickel are both ferromagnetic, meaning they can both very easily become magnetized.

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Because they're magnetic.

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