If iron cobalt and nickel are magnetic (which I think is the right term, but it feels wrong since magnets stick but it doesn’t magnet to other steel) then why does using nickel to make stainless steel render steel non-magnetic?
Or is my metallurgical understanding just completely off?
In: Physics
I think you are misunderstanding a few things. I don’t think Iron and Nickel are magnetic by default. They are however ferrous, meaning that a magnet will stick to them and it is possible to magnetise them.
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