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A magnet is a material that attracts iron and has two poles (north and south), with magnetic field lines flowing from north to south on the outside of the magnet. Opposite poles attract while like poles repel. The Earth itself acts as a giant magnet, with geographic north being a magnetic south pole and geographic south being a magnetic north pole, which explains why compass needles point north. Only four materials—iron, steel, nickel, and cobalt—are attracted to magnets. A magnet can be created by rubbing a magnet on iron in one direction, hammering iron in one direction, or passing DC current through wire wrapped around iron. Conversely, a magnet can be destroyed by hammering it in different directions, passing AC current through it, or heating it. Soft magnetic materials like iron are easy to magnetize but lose magnetism quickly, while hard magnetic materials like steel are harder to magnetize but retain magnetism for long periods.