The Magnetic Attraction of an Iron Nail

[cragar]

Why does an iron nail always get attracted to a bar magnet? You think one side would attract it and on side would repel it, Is this because When I bring the magnet close to the nail does it causes the domains to flip so it attracts it, Is this similar to why a neutral object gets attracted to a charged object.

 

[DaveC426913]

Why does an iron nail always get attracted to a bar magnet? You think one side would attract it and on side would repel it,

That's what wouldhappen if the nail were a magnet, i.e. all its little poles were aligned. There no reason for one end of the nail to repel, since it little poles are not all oriented.

 

[cragar]

then why is it attracted in the first place. If its little dipoles are all random.