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How do magnets help in a scrapyard?
How do magnets help in a scrapyard? A car is made up of many different materials. When a car is scrapped, the different types of metals need to be sorted. A huge rotating magnet is used to sort the magnetic materials from the non-magnetic materials. Separating the materials allows them to be reused.
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