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How do paperclips stick to magnets?

Updated: 8/20/2019
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They are kind of like a force around each other. They are negative and positive pulls.

As you hold a paper clip to a magnet its an invisible field around the paperclip and the magnet. The paper clip also has magnet attracted metal so it will stick.

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