Scientists Create a Magnetic Version of Copper

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By Andy Berger
Aug 5, 2015 6:18 PMMay 17, 2019 8:27 PM
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Magnets make much of our gadget-obsessed world go round. But there’s only a limited number of metals that are naturally magnetic, and some of them are quite rare.

But now researchers have successfully made magnets out of two non-magnetic metals, copper and manganese, at room temperature.

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