For example imagine you have two metal cabinets right in front of you one is aluminum and one is steel.
Magnet stick to aluminum.
The earth itself is a huge magnet.
Aluminum doesn t contain tiny magnets so there s nothing to get organized and nothing for the big magnet to stick to.
It has two ends called poles a north seeking pole and a south seeking pole and an invisible area of magnetism surrounding it called a magnetic field.
It s a fantastic material as it s light weight for it s strength making it popular amongst high end manufacturers such as audi and bmw.
Aluminum is obviously the exception being non magnetic.
Fortunately there are other non permanent yet secure methods for attaching these signs to aluminum surfaces.
Under the right conditions however it is possible to get a strong magnet to interact with aluminum though never to the extent that it works with ferrous metals.
When you try to stick your magnets on the cabinets the magnet will slide off the aluminum cabinet and stick firmly to the steel cabinet.
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The disk can also hold an antenna on a fiberglass bodied vehicle but you would need to provide a metal ground plane for the antenna to work properly.
That s where the electron shells come in.
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Under normal circumstances a common magnet does not stick to aluminum.
Certain restless intellects out there may now be wondering.
Most matter will exhibit some magnetic attraction when under high enough magnetic fields.
The material as a whole becomes magnetized and sticks to the magnet.
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The question of whether aluminum is magnetic is a bit more involved and depends what you mean by the term magnetic.
In our everyday experience aluminum doesn t stick to magnets neither does copper.
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Installing the disk is a breeze and takes only a couple of minutes.
The double sided adhesive disk adheres to aluminum vehicles and firmly holds the antenna in place.
A magnet is a piece of metal with the ability to attract other metals.
However that is only partly true because magnets stick to some types of metals and not others.