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The three most common magnetic materials are iron, nickel and cobalt

The three most common magnetic materials are Iron, Cobalt and Nickel. All three are metals which look quite similar:

These three metals can be magnetised, but not all metals can.

Some rare-Earth alloys can also be magnetised.

Steel contains iron and carbon, so is magnetic because it contains iron.

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Magnetic materials are not always naturally magnetic, and must first be magnetised

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