Answer to Question #137633 in Electricity and Magnetism for wilbrib

Question

you are provided with a bar magnet X and three other bars A, B and C. One is a magnet, the other is a magnetic material and the other is a non-magnetic material. Name the material from which the magnet X is made

Answer 1

If a bar is attracted or repulsived when the pole changes, then it is a magnet.

If bar is always attracted when the pole changes, then it is a magnetic material.

If there is no any interaction, then it is a non-magnetic material.