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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soft iron

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

A piece of soft iron, or keeper is placed across the ends of a horse shoe magnet to assist in preventing the loss of magnetism.

From Hawkins Electrical Guide, Number One Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A Progressive Course of Study for Engineers, Electricians, Students and Those Desiring to acquire a Working Knowledge of Electricity and its Applications by Hawkins, Nehemiah

He succeeded, calling in the aid of his discovery of the effect of a long interpolar wire wrapped around a piece of soft iron.

From Famous Men of Science by Bolton, Sarah K.

This thin membrane, with a piece of soft iron attached, was used in place of the soft-iron disk of the modern receiver.

From The Story of Great Inventions by Burns, Elmer Ellsworth