What are the seven types of magnets?

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Magnets
Magnets are substances that produce a magnetic field.
Magnets include substances that are permanently magnetic and those substances that are magnetic only in certain circumstances.
Magnet Name Property
Neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) A type of permanent magnet made using neodymium, iron and boron
Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) A type of permanent magnet made from a type of cobalt
Alnico A type of permanent magnet made using aluminum, nickel and cobalt
Ceramic or ferrite magnets A type of permanent magnet made using ceramics.
Temporary magnets They are magnetized in the presence of an external magnetic field.
Electromagnets Made by running an electrical current through a coil with a metal core.
Superconductors Made of wire coils of special metal alloys without a metal core.

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Magnet Name	Property
Neodymium iron boron (NdFeB)	A type of permanent magnet made using neodymium, iron and boron
Samarium Cobalt (SmCo)	A type of permanent magnet made from a type of cobalt
Alnico	A type of permanent magnet made using aluminum, nickel and cobalt
Ceramic or ferrite magnets	A type of permanent magnet made using ceramics.
Temporary magnets	They are magnetized in the presence of an external magnetic field.
Electromagnets	Made by running an electrical current through a coil with a metal core.
Superconductors	Made of wire coils of special metal alloys without a metal core.