If iron is magnetic and nickel is magnetic, why isn’t stainless steel?

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If iron cobalt and nickel are magnetic (which I think is the right term, but it feels wrong since magnets stick but it doesn’t magnet to other steel) then why does using nickel to make stainless steel render steel non-magnetic?

Or is my metallurgical understanding just completely off?

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This is also an effect of steel beingan alloy, where the new metal is not a simple combination of the ingredients and cannot be seperated

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