Why isn’t liquid iron still magnetic? Why can’t we have liquid magnets?
In: Physics
In order for a material to be magnetic it needs to be made out of molecules that are 1) polarized and 2) organized in such a way that all the north and south poles are aligned with eachother.
When you heat up iron, the molecules tend to align in random directions, so the magnetism is lost. Depending on how it cools down, it may lose magnetism even after it turns back to solid.
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