Multiple choice

Which among the following metals is not ferromagnetic around room temperature?

  1. Nickel

  2. Cobalt

  3. Zinc

  4. Gadolinium
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Zinc, also referred to in non-scientific contexts as spelter, is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic metal though most common commercial grades of the metal have a dull finish. It is somewhat less dense than iron and has a hexagonal crystal structure.

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