Homework Help: Physics

Posted by sally on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 5:37pm.

Why does a piece of iron behave like a temporary magnet when placed
in a magnetic field?

SOLUTION:
Iron consists of many small magnetic domains which all line up and temporarily behave like an ordinary magnet when iron is placed in an external magnetic field.

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Physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 6:05pm
yes.

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