some steel pins are dropped in a jar of liquid. the pins were then not attracted by a magnet.what could be the reasonand why?
A)jar is of non-magnetic material
B)Jar is made of magnetic material
C)the pins were not magnetic

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The reason for it is that the water and the jar (if of glass) are non-magnetic material and act as shield against magnetic field of magnets. Thus shields steel (magnetic in nature) nails from getting attracted towards magnet.

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some steel pins are dropped in a jar of liquid. the pins were then not attracted by a magnet.what could be the reasonand why?A)jar is of non-magnetic materialB)Jar is made of magnetic materialC)the pins were not magnetic

The reason for it is that the water and the jar (if of glass) are non-magnetic material and act as shield against magnetic field of magnets. Thus shields steel (magnetic in nature) nails from getting attracted towards magnet.

some steel pins are dropped in a jar of liquid. the pins were then not attracted by a magnet.what could be the reasonand why?
A)jar is of non-magnetic material
B)Jar is made of magnetic material
C)the pins were not magnetic