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Yes, a magnet will work under water. To cite one example, a magnet on a string out on the docks is sometimes used to retrieve car keys that tourists sometimes accidently drop into the water.

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Yes. Water is diamagnetic, but it impedes a magnet's strength only very slightly, not to a significant degree.

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I think........... UMMM............. it will still attract to other magnets.

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No, but striking a magnet or heating it may diminish its magnetism.

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There is no simple practical answer since most water on earth is not pure. The answer depends on what also is in the water.

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not veary much

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Yes!

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