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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

The slowing down is a function of conductivity. Electromagnetism means the magnet induces current resulting in magnetism pushing back. Ferromagnetism on the other hand is a somewhat rare property of some metals where all of their atoms can be pushed into the same magnetic orientation.

Disclaimer I'm an engineer half remembering this stuff

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