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Materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed
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paramagnetism
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Paramagnetism \Par`a*mag"net*ism\, n. (Physics) A property of materials which are not magnetized in the absence of an external magnetic field, but in which the magnetic moments of their constituents align with and enhance an applied magnetic field; the ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context physics English) the tendency of magnetic dipoles to align with an external magnetic field; materials that exhibit this tendency become temporary magnets
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n. materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed
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Paramagnetism is a form of magnetism whereby certain materials are attracted by an externally applied magnetic field , and form internal, induced magnetic fields in the direction of the applied magnetic field. In contrast with this behavior, diamagnetic ...
Usage examples of paramagnetism.
Langevin, in 1905, took into account the Curie law and arrived again, theoretically, at the difference between the origins of diamagnetism and paramagnetism.