An engineer wishes to construct an electromagnet core that can be switched on and off easily. She has a choice of an iron rod and a steel rod.
Which rod should she use to make the electromagnet core, and is this rod classified as a hard or soft magnetic material?
Iron, soft
Iron, hard
Steel, soft
Steel, hard
169 exam-style questions on CIE IGCSE Physics Simple phenomena of magnetism, covering Simple phenomena of magnetism. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.