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Question
Paheli and her friends were decorating the class bulletin board. She dropped the box of stainless steel pins by mistake. She tried to collect the pins using a magnet. She could not succeed. What could be the reason for this?
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Solution
Stainless steel is typically non-magnetic, meaning it is not attracted to magnets. Magnets are exclusively attracted to metals with magnetic properties, such as nickel, iron and cobalt.
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