Julie's town uses single-stream recycling, so Julie puts all of her household recyclables in a single container to be picked up. The recycling plant must sort out the different materials, including paper, cardboard, different types of plastic, glass bottles and jars, aluminum drink cans, and steel food cans. How would an electromagnet be used in this type of recycling plant?

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Trace Floyd

Physics

5 August, 01:21

Julie's town uses single-stream recycling, so Julie puts all of her household recyclables in a single container to be picked up. The recycling plant must sort out the different materials, including paper, cardboard, different types of plastic, glass bottles and jars, aluminum drink cans, and steel food cans. How would an electromagnet be used in this type of recycling plant?

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Clara Bates · Answer 1

An electromagnet attracts metal - magnetic objects when it is switched on. Guess what it's used for?

Well, it'll be real handy to use to pull out all the different types of steel, iron and all.