Question

What is a permanent magnet?

Answer 1

These are magnet that retain magnetism forever unlike electromagnets that retain magnetism when electricity is passed around a soft iron core. Permanent magnets may include horse shoe magnet, etc.

Answer 2

Permanent magnets are materials where the magnetic field is generated by the internal structure of the material itself. ... But in certain materials, called ferromagnets, all the spins and the orbits of the electrons will line up, causing the materials to become magnetic. This would be your normal iron, cobalt, nickel