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Does copper stick to magnet

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14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

no. many metals don't stick to magnets. it is really only a few metals, mostly iron (Ferrous metals) that have magnetic properties. Steel is not an element like Iron (Fe), but it is magnetic because it is a mix of different elements that contain Iron.

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