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I didn`t know wether this belonged in Chemistry or Physics, so I figured I`de put it here to be on the safe side :)

 

I`de like to know, what makes the elements, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt and Nickel so special in the way that they are the only elements that will stick to a magnet?

 

why not Copper or Silver for instance? and is the reason that they`re all side by side on the periodic table anything to do with it?

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It's to do with unpaired electrons in iron, nickel, cobalt. They kind of fly around an stuff until they are made to line up, then once they line up they cause a magnetic field to develope. They are lined up by magnatisum (magic :D ) .There are no unpaired electrons in Copper or Silver, so they cannot form a magnetic feild.

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