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Non Life Sciences => Chemistry => Topic started by: Daniel E. Farnes on 14/01/2010 22:30:04

Title: What makes some substances more magnetic than others?
Post by: Daniel E. Farnes on 14/01/2010 22:30:04

Daniel E. Farnes  asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Hello Naked Scientists,

Hopefully you will be able to solve a puzzling issue for me; What makes iron, nickel and cobalt so much more magnetic than all the other elements?

Thanks very much for your brilliant podcasts (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/), I always recommend them!

Daniel

London.

What do you think?

Title: What makes some substances more magnetic than others?
Post by: Riki on 26/01/2010 22:33:03

It might have something to do with the number of unpaired electrons?