Magnets attract magnetic substances are iron nickel cobalt etc They can also repel ...

Magnets attract magnetic substances are iron, nickel, cobalt, etc. They can also repel

diamagnetic substances

-Diamagnetic materials are those that some people generally think of as non-magnetic, and include water, wood, most organic compounds such as petroleum and some plastics, and many metals including copper, particularly the heavy ones with many core electrons, such as mercury, gold and bismuth.

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