For making an electromagnet the best material to be used is

stainless steel

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silver

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soft iron

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nickel

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The correct option is C soft iron
The soft iron inside the coil makes the magnetic field stronger because it becomes a magnet itself when the current is flowing. Such a coil-iron core setup is then called an electromagnet. Soft iron is used because it loses its magnetism as soon as the current stops flowing.

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