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Why do metals attract magnets, and non-metals do not attract?

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Some metals with lone subshells, on the left half of each periodic block, bear and bare a net angular momentum and moment that matches a net angular momentum and moment in the magnèt. The other elements' bound subshells hold the same but opposite currents and tend to repel the magnèt. read more

It is not that simple. Some materials attract and some slightly repel. It is due to the way the materials either enhance lines of magnetic flux through them or repel them. read more

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