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Steel is preferred for making permanent magnets why?

Steel is preferred for making permanent magnets why?

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Saurabh Koranglekar
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3 years ago
Steel is preferred for making permanent magnetswhereas soft iron ispreferred for makingelectromagnets. ... Since,steelhas a high factor of coercivity, it ispreferred for making permanent magnets. Soft iron is used formakingelectromagnets because of its high permeability and also, hysteresis loop is narrow

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