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If ferroliquids are like oil. Shouldnt oil be like a ferroliquid?

I was on some sites yesterday, trying to learn more about magnetism when I came over ferroliquids. The person had pictures and said that it felt like oil when touched, but was diffrent for it was magnetic [obviously] and spiked up when interacting with a magnet. More or less the neodymium-iron-boron magnets. So why shouldn‘t oil be like a ferroliquid? I‘d like to know.

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A candle is an amorphous solid. Not all amorphous solids are candles. Glass is an amorphous solid. Not all amorphous solids are glass.
Ferroliquids consist of tiny particles of magnetic material suspended in liquid. If the base liquid is an oil, the fluid will be oily. There are also water-based ferroliquids that are not oily. It's the magnetic particles that make it magnetic, the consistency of the liquid is incidental.

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