soft iron

British  

noun

1. 1. iron that has a low carbon content and is easily magnetized and demagnetized with a small hysteresis loss

   2. ( as modifier )

      a soft-iron core

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Hard became soft, iron became glass, out turned to in; categories existed only to be subverted.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2010

Hefty Andy Langhammer, head of Chrysler's Amplex Division, announced that his workmen were making tool steel from soft iron rust.

From Time Magazine Archive

This principle of operation may be illustrated by a simple experiment: Place end to end, and preferably in actual contact, a permanently magnetized steel bar and a strip or bar of soft iron.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

In the construction of a movable coil galvanometer, it is usual to intensify the magnetic field by inserting a fixed soft iron core in the interior of the movable coil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

One form was constructed by cutting a thick soft iron tube longitudinally into two equal parts.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various