Would running an electrical current through a magnet destroy the magnet?

[lets_resonate]

Hello,

Suppose you had an iron magnet. What effect would an electrical current have on this magnet? Would it still retain its magnetic properties?

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[Loren Booda]

Any heat generated by the electricity through resistance of the iron would cause demagnetization. The current would also induce a magnetic field concentric to itself. Depending on the orientation of this induced magnetic field to the domains in the magnet (with respective components parallel or antiparallel), the current would conventionally have a slight magnetizing or demagnetizing effect.

 

[Air2air]

What a great succint reply Loren...

 

[Loren Booda]

Thanks for the pleasant aire.

 

[lets_resonate]

Thank you, that was a very clear answer indeed.