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Are recycled metals magnetic

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Anonymous

10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Depends on the metal, not on if it's recycled or not. If it's magnetic as virgin, it's magnetic as recycled - as iron. If it's NOT magnetic as virgin, it's NOT magnetic as recycled either - like copper.

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