A steel pin can be made into a permanent magnet when rubbed with another magnet.
When a piece of soft iron is rubbed with a permanent steel magnet, it also changes into a permanent magnet.
Can steel be made into a permanent magnet?
A steel bar can be magnetised permanently by rubbing a bar magnet.
Arrange the following steps in sequential order to magnetize a steel bar with a strong permanent magnet.
(A) Keep the steel bar to be magnetized on a wooden table.
(B) Take a strong permanent magnet and bring one pole (say north pole) of the magnet near one end of the steel bar and gently rub from one end.
(C) Once it has reached the other end, lift the magnet gently away from the steel bar and again bring it to the starting end.
(D) Repeat this process several times so that the steel bar is magnetized with the starting end as the north pole and the other end as the south pole.