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What causes magnetism?

What causes magnetism?

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Apoorva Arora IIT Roorkee
askIITians Faculty 181 Points
9 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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Apoorva Arora
IIT Roorkee
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Indu
47 Points
9 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. 

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