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What is Magnetism?

A magnet attracts magnetic material with a force called magnetism. There are different kinds of magnetic material, the most common one being iron.

Pure iron is quite a soft material and is not usually used for building or making objects. The iron has to be strengthened or hardened by adding other substances to it.

Most of these substances are not magnetic and thus dilute the magnetism in the iron.

When iron is made into steel, it becomes less magnetic.
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