Question

You will need a magnet and different metallic objects. Take the magnet near the objects, one by one. Is the object attracted by a magnet? List the materials that the objects are made of in two separate groups as shown below:

These metals are attracted by a magnet:

These metals are not attracted by a magnet:

Answer 1

• Magnet: An object which is capable of producing a magnetic field and attracting unlike poles and repelling like poles.
• Properties of magnet: Magnetic poles always exist in pairs. Like poles repel while unlike poles attract.
• Magnets attract metals and alloys.
• These metals are attracted by a magnet: Iron, nickel, and cobalt.
• These metals are not attracted by a magnet: Aluminium, brass, copper, gold, and silver.