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How It's Made Mini-Episodes: Magnets
In this minisode of How It's Made, find out how magnets are created from molten copper, cobalt, sulfur, nickel, pure iron, aluminum, and titanium.
Added: Apr 26, 2011
Views: 6095 Views
Runtime: 05:07
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