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Grade 12Magnetism

What causes magnetism?

Profile image of Eshwanth Baskaran
13 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of Apoorva Arora
12 Years ago
Magnetism is a class of physical phenomenon that includes forces exerted by magnets on another magnets. It has its origin in electric currents and the fundamental magnetic moments of elementary particles. These give rise to a magnetic field that acts on other currents and moments. The magnetic state of a material also depends on temperature of the surroundings.
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Profile image of Indu
12 Years ago
 Answer is electrons. The "spin" of particular electrons around particular atoms (Fe, Ni, Co, Gd) can become "aligned" which produces a magnetic field.