one is magnetized and the other isn't! sorry for a bad answer but i cant find it in my textbook. ps im in 6th grade!
The difference: Unmagnetized iron atoms, are not coordinated to each other, while magnetized are coordinated, like this:nsnsnsnsns, etc, in long parallel lines
An unmagnetized piece of iron has its atoms pointing in different directions, and opposing each other. When the iron is magnetized, the atoms are mostly pointing in the same direction, and the fields add together.
Iron is naturally magnetized.
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No. Only a hand-full of metals can be magnetized, for example iron, nickel and cobalt.
The difference: Unmagnetized iron atoms, are not coordinated to each other, while magnetized are coordinated, like this:nsnsnsnsns, etc, in long parallel lines
An unmagnetized piece of iron has its atoms pointing in different directions, and opposing each other. When the iron is magnetized, the atoms are mostly pointing in the same direction, and the fields add together.
It was in around 1734, that Swedenborg, a Swedish scientist brought to notice the differences between a magnetized piece of iron and an unmagnetized one. The magnetic substance that was discovered for the first time ever was magnetite. But Louis Neel, a French physicist disapproved this discovery by coming up with the concept of ferromagnetism.
Iron is a magnetic element therefore it will be attracted by a magnet.
Iron is naturally magnetized.
Yes. In this case, the magnet will induce magnetism in the iron, which is originally unmagnetized. Once the magnet is removed, the iron may return to an unmagnetized state; unless the magnetic field near the piece of iron is very strong.
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It will stick to either pole, providede that the iron is not magnetized and that it is not above the Curie temperature (the temperature above which iron can no longer be magnetized, named after Marie and Pierre Curie).
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The not magnetized rod will be attracted by both of the magnetized rods.