Posted by Rachel on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 2:22pm.
Electron orbits in iron and steel can be "reoriented" to align with the external magnetic field, creating magnetic polarity. It's called ferromagnetism. Once the orbits are realigned (which occurs instantaneously), the object is attracted to the opposite pole of the other magnet
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