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For my Physics class my partner and I have to do a lab assignment where we have to determine the magnetic nature of contents of three sealed boxes. My question is how can I write this information down on paper?

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@DavidZaslavsky is absolutely right about the use of the site, but this is an interesting question. To solve it you will need to think about the different behaviors of the allowed classes of material when subject to a magnetic field, and ask "How can I turn that behavior into a measureable phenomena?". Nice. – dmckee♦ Jan 11 at 20:47

closed as too localized by David Zaslavsky♦ Jan 11 at 20:24

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