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Iron can be demagnetised by heating for an extended period of time.

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You have to melt it and and allow it to re-solidify and it will be demagnetized. If you heat it to near melting and allow it to stay that hot for awhile then it will demagnetize of time (this is because bits of it will be hot enough to melt and demagnetize and that heat will disperse somewhere else to demagnetize a different spont).

The temperature at which a ferromagnetic material, which is a material that retains an applied external magnetic field (like iron), loses its magnetization is called the Curie temperature.

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What is a example of induced magnetism?

Magnetic fields can be generated by either a permanent magnet, or generating it by electrical flow such as through a coil. If the magnet is then put near another material such as iron... the iron will then also start exhibiting an INDUCED magnetic field. Induction motors operate on this principle with the armature being non-magnetic... and the motor operates by inducing a magnetic field into the armature. Superconductors are unique that a magnet will induce an opposite magnetic field in them, and will be repulsed by the magnet.


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In the simplest terms, Induced Magnetism is the magnetism of an object as a result of an external influence. Typically, the external influence is a magnetic field due to another object. (One also hears the term transient magnetism applied to the same phenomenon. To be considered transient, the magnetism must disappear when the external influence disappears, but to be "induced" it just has to appear.) Though this is a technical term, it has a meaning that is the normal meaning of "induced," as in "caused by." This is to be contrasted with other modifiers, like "permanent magnetism" or "remnant magnetism" or "spontaneous magnetism" which are all still magnetism of an object but with a modifier further describing the magnetic state. If one is being more technical, then in scientific circles the term "induced magnetism" usually refers the situation where an object acquires a magnetic field as a result of it being in some external magnetic field even though it is not normally a magnetized material. One see this all the time. If you bring a permanent magnet near a collection of paperclips, then the paperclips all attach to one another and to the permanent magnet. Each paperclip has become, temporarily, a magnet. If the permanent magnet is removed, the paperclips no longer attach to one another. The magnetic properties of the paperclips were "induced" and not a permanent characteristic. More technicalities can be present with this term, because magnetism in an object can be induced in other ways than the application of a magnetic field. In the absence of such technical considerations, it is safe to assume that the term "induced magnetism" just means a temporary state of magnetization of an object induced by an external magnetic field provided by a permanent magnet or an electromagnet.


What is the sure test of magnetism?

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What mineral property involves iron?

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Which pole of a magnet is attracted to iron?

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How high the magnetism of platinum?

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What is affected by electromagnets?

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What are 5 example of force?

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