Magnetic Fields in Matter

Para and Diamagnetism

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Testing a selection of compounds for magnetic susceptibility, by suspending them between the poles of an electromagnet.
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Diamagnetic Levitation

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Stable levitation of one magnet by another is usually prohibited by Earnshaw's Theorem, but the introduction of diamagnetic material at special locations can stabilize such levitation.
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Paramagnetism of Oxygen

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Liquid O2 is attracted to the poles of a permanent magnet.
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Image Current

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An image current is created in a ferromagnetic material in the presence of a real current.
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Hysteresis

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Hysteresis loops of iron and ferrite are displayed on CRO.

The Barkhausen Effect

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Hear the sound of magnetic domains aligning as a bar magnet is brought towards iron sample.
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Magnetic Bubbles

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Wafer thin magnetic garnet under microscope reveals direction of magnetic domain alignment as light and dark pattern.
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Bar Magnet Domains

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Magnetic domains are modeled on the OHP.

Curie Point

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Iron wire is not attracted to a magnet when its temperature is raised above 770 deg. C.

Hall Effect

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The Hall voltage of a semiconductor is measured as a function of applied magnetic field.
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