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Unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet
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diamagnetism
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Diamagnetism \Di`a*mag"net*ism\, n. The science which treats of diamagnetic phenomena, and of the properties of diamagnetic bodies. The magnetic action which characterizes diamagnetic substances, the magnetic moments of which tend to oppose an externally ...
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Diamagnetic materials create an induced magnetic field in a direction opposite to an externally applied magnetic field , and are repelled by the applied magnetic field. In contrast, the opposite behavior is exhibited by paramagnetic materials. Diamagnetism ...
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n. (context physics English) a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction
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n. phenomenon exhibited by materials like copper or bismuth that become magnetized in a magnetic field with a polarity opposite to the magnetic force; unlike iron they are slightly repelled by a magnet
Usage examples of diamagnetism.
And the results support the theories which attribute magnetism and diamagnetism to causes of a different nature.
Langevin, in 1905, took into account the Curie law and arrived again, theoretically, at the difference between the origins of diamagnetism and paramagnetism.
It could have easily been found in 1913, but it was considered so unlikely a possibility that no one did the experiment to test superconductor diamagnetism for another twenty years.