Curie's law

In a paramagnetic material Curie's law relates the magnetization of the material to the applied magnetic field and temperature.

Related Topics:
Paramagnetic - Magnetization - Magnetic - Temperature

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:mathbf{M} = C cdot rac{mathbf{B}}{T}

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where

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:mathbf{M} is the resulting magnetisation

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:mathbf{B} is the magnetic flux density of the applied field, measured in teslas

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:T is absolute temperature, measured in kelvins

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:C is a material-specific Curie constant

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This relation was discovered experimentally (by fitting the results to a correctly guessed model) by Pierre Curie.

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