6.2 Magnets

Recall that magnets repel and attract other magnets, and attract magnetic substances

Magnets and Magnets:

Magnets can either attract or repel other magnets: you should already know that opposite poles attract i.e. South and North attract, but South and South repel

Magnetic substances:

There 5 magnetic materials: 3 elements and 2 compounds

• Iron (Fe : Element)
• Cobalt (Co : Element)
• Nickel (Ni : Element)
• Steel (an alloy or iron)
• Magnetite/Lodestone (Fe₃O₄ : an oxide of iron)