Curie–Weiss law
physics
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magnetic susceptibility
- In magnetism: Magnetic properties of matter
This equation is called the Curie–Weiss law (after Curie and Pierre-Ernest Weiss, another French physicist). From the form of this last equation, it is clear that at the temperature T = θ, the value of the susceptibility becomes infinite. Below this temperature, the material exhibits spontaneous magnetization—i.e., it becomes ferromagnetic.…
Read More - In magnetism: Role of exchange interaction
This result, the Curie–Weiss law, is valid at temperatures greater than the Curie temperature Tc (see below); at such temperatures the substance is still paramagnetic because the magnetization is zero when the field is zero. The internal field, however, makes the susceptibility larger than that given by the…
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