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A magnetic material would orient itself to the magnet, and then move towards the magnet, not get "stuck" in its fields.


Is this somehow incorrect?

Getting "stuck" in a magnetic field is called "Flux pinning", which is what we're seeing here, from what I understand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_pinning

Magnetic material can't do this. They're attracted. As some of the videos have shown, with large magnets placed next to the samples, they are not attracted.




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