yep. in a way, sakto.. pero these elements like oxygen have really weak magnetic dipole moments. Kung naa Magnetic field, they still do react pero dili sila ka retain sa magnetic ordering. Tawag nila kay Paramagnetism... Metals, on the other hand like iron have very strong atom magnetic dipole moments. => ferromagnetism. They can retain alignment when exposed to a magnetic field. hehe! mao na usually mga two types of magnetism involved.
1.Ferromagnetism ug Paramagnetism.
Most ferromagnetic elements are metals because they are arranged in a crystal lattice and thus can retain the magnetic ordering after exposure to a magnetic field.
2.Paramagnetic elements on the other hand are usually don't have order in the arrangement, eg. gas, liquid, bulk solid. so don't retain magnetic ordering.
pero its quite complicated, kay the entire library of elements in the periodic table have very many peculiar properties. Naay poy Diamagnetism which is how hydrogen behaves. they create an opposite field to an applied external magnetic field, so an resulta kay repulsion. hehe
Anyway, I don't want to get complicated kay ako maglibog pud ko. hehehe Just think of the magnets we are used to as the ferromagnets. hehehe
