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A magnet can repel a paper clip if the paper clip is magnetized and the two north poles or two south poles of the magnets are facing each other.

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How does a paperclip attracts or repels to a magnet in water?

A paperclip will be attracted to a magnet in water just like it would be in air. The water may slightly decrease the strength of the attraction due to the presence of water molecules, but the paperclip will still be drawn towards the magnet. If the paperclip is non-magnetic, then it will not be attracted to the magnet in any environment.


What does a magnet do to a paperclip?

A magnet can attract a paperclip by creating a magnetic field that pulls the iron-based metal of the paperclip towards it. This attraction is known as magnetic force, and it causes the paperclip to stick to the magnet.


How do you get a paperclip out of a glass using a magnet?

you put the magnet by the paperclip and it goes up


Which is the distance between a magnet and a paperclip?

Unfortunately this question needs more detail to answer. Are you asking about how far apart a magnet and a paperclip are if they're touching (# of atoms), or how far apart the magnet at my house is from the paperclip in china, or how far apart a magnet has to be from a paperclip before it starts to create a pull (even this would need more details, what size of magnet, what strength, what size of paperclip)?


A magnet made from a steel paperclip is most likely a?

A temporary magnet.


When you take a nail and a paperclip and they stick together on a magnet then take the magnet away the nail and paperclip still stick together what is that called?

However, if you bring a magnet near a piece of iron, such as a nail,and the paperclip. If the paperclip does not fall then the magnetic field has the iron nail. The result is a temporary magnet called an 'electromagnet'. The magnets either stick together or are suspended in midair


What is the force ating on a paperclip to magnet?

Magnetism


Will a north pole of a magnet against the north pole of another magnet attract or repel?

Repel.


Can a magnet repel a ferromagnetic material?

Yes, a magnet can repel a ferromagnetic material if the poles of the magnet and the material are aligned in a way that causes repulsion.


A magnet made from a steel paperclip is most likely an?

A magnet made from a steel paperclip is most likely a(n) temporary magnet.


What is magnet and uses?

an magnet is a object that attracts or repel


What did the paperclip say to the magnet?

I'm stuck on you.

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