magnetic materials
What magnetic materials means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Iron, steel, cobalt and nickel are the materials that become magnets when placed in a magnetic field.
Iron, steel, cobalt and nickel, on which the force from a magnet acts.
Topics that use magnetic materials
- Magnetic fields (AQA GCSE)
- Poles of a magnet (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- always attraction
- field line spacing
- attraction and repulsion
- chain of nails
- contact forces
- demagnetisation
- direction of field lines
- Earth's magnetic field
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