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Magnetisation: Making Magnets
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What is magnetisation?

Making a material magnetic

How can you magnetise a steel pin using a permanent magnet?

Repeatedly stroke it in one direction

What is a permanent magnet?

Magnet retaining field after magnetising

Which material is used to manufacture permanent magnets?

Neodymium-iron-boron

What are domains in ferromagnetic materials?

Tiny regions where electron fields align

What happens to aligned domains when an external magnetic field is applied?

They grow larger

What is saturation magnetisation?

All electron fields aligned with field

How does higher temperature affect magnetisation?

More random arrangement, lower field

What is residual magnetisation?

Field remaining after external field gone

Which factor affects how well a material remains magnetised?

Temperature of the material

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