What metals are effected by magnets?

Question

What metals are effected by magnets?

Answer 1

ferrous metals are most directly affected by magnets

these are iron nickel and cobalt

they can also become magnetic

there are other materials that are paramagnetic which are slightly attracted to magnets

these cannot be magetic themselves

such as aluminum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramagneti...

and there are diamagnetic materials which are slightly repelled by magnets

such as mercury, gold,bismuth and carbon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamagnetis...

almost all materials exhibit at least one of these forms of magnetism if only at very slightly

Answer 2

In general, iron, nickel, and cobalt are ferromagnetic (the kind of magnetism everyone thinks of).  These three pure elements are certainly ferromagnetic.

However, there are alloys containing any or all of these metals which are not ferromagnetic.  For example, stainless steel is mostly iron, but it is not ferromagnetic.

Answer 3

ferrous metals