Question

How can you tell whether a particular substance is magnetic or non-magnetic?

Answer 1

magnetic substance =posters which attract to magnet for magnetic substance example iron ,silver etc
non metal substance=the substance which do not attract to metal or nonmetal substance example wood ,plastic ,etc

Answer 2

we can tell a particular substance is magnetic or nonmagnetic by seeing the properties of the material if the material will undergoes the properties of magnet in the material is magnetic ...
properties of magnet :
_the opposite directions of material will attract each other
_the same direction of the materials will ripples each other ...
_attract magnetic substances like Iron metals etc..
If the material which undergoes this type of properties then we can say this is a magnetic material ...
if any substance which does not undergo this properties r called non magnetic materials.

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