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COMEDK · Physics · 20. Magnetic Properties of Matter

Steel is preferred to soft iron for making permanent magnets because,

  1. A Permeability of steel is slightly greater than soft iron
  2. B Steel is more paramagnetic
  3. C Steel has more coercivity than soft iron
  4. D Susceptibility of steel is less than one
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(C) Steel has more coercivity than soft iron

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Permanent magnets are materials that retain their magnetic properties even after the external magnetizing field is removed. This property is known as retentivity. For a material to be a good permanent magnet, it must have high retentivity and high coercivity. High coercivity…