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?

Answer 1

1. A magnet is a material or a device that can generate a magnetic field around it.
2. A magnet may attract ferromagnetic materials (such as iron filings).
3. A magnet's attractive property is that it attracts ferromagnetic materials such as iron, nickel, and cobalt.
4. Stainless steel is non-magnetic, which means it is not attracted to magnets.

Hence, she won't be able to collect the pins using a magnet because stainless steel pins are non-magnetic and aren't attracted by magnets.