Question

Why is iron magnetic and wood not magnetic?
@Abhisar

Answer 1

is it because of the metal properties inside ?

Answer 2

ohkay if sso then why copper is not magnetic ?
It's also a metal

Answer 3

i don't know

Answer 4

Magnetism in iron comes from the structure of its atom. The way the electrons group together makes one side of the atom have a high negative charge, and the other a high positive one. So each atom is like a tiny magnet in itself. When a large number of these miny-magnets line up, their combined attraction is the force that we call magnetism.

Most elements don't have this property because their atomic structures are more balanced. The electrons, and their charges, tend to spread evenly around the entire particle. And almost no complex compounds, such as wood, have any polarity to speak of. What little magnetic potential the individual atoms had tend to cancel each other out during the reaction which binds them together.

Answer 5

I see, and wood does not have this that is why wood is not magnetic

Answer 6

yep !
Even copper, silver or any other metal do not have this !

Answer 7

i understand this

Answer 8

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