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The simplest evidence that the Earth is not a permanent magnet is given by the fact of the polar wander. But more fundamentally, the interior of the Earth is far too hot for a magnet to retain its field.

Pierre Curie worked on many things, and the loss of magnetism at elevated temperatures was one of his discoveries, and is known as the Curie point for a magnetic material. Importantly, the material cannot contain a magnetic field above this point. Thus a transformer will lose its abilities above the Curie point of the (iron) laminations inside.

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Can the earth be a permanent magnet?

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The strength of Earth's magnetic field is about 25 to 65 microteslas, while the strength of an average permanent magnet can range from 50 to 10,000 microteslas. Permanent magnets can have stronger magnetic fields than Earth's magnetic field.


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