Subjective Type

State three ways of demagnetizing a magnet.

Solution

A magnet can be demagnetized in the following ways
1. rough handling
2. hammering the magnet several times.
3. passing an alternating current around the magnet.
4. dropping the magnet on the floor several times.
5. heating the magnet to a very high temperature.

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