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Materials that are strongly attracted to magnets and can be permanently magnetized, such as iron, nickel and cobalt, are:

  1. Diamagnetic
  2. Ferromagnetic
  3. Paramagnetic
  4. Antiferromagnetic

Answer

B. Ferromagnetic

Solution

They have large positive susceptibility due to aligned magnetic domains.

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