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Discuss the classification of materials based on their behaviour in magnetic field.
Important Questions on Magnetism and Matter
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Consider the regular array of vertical identical current-carrying wires (with the direction of current flow as indicated in the figure below) protruding through a horizontal table. If we scatter some diamagnetic particles on the table, they are likely to accumulate-

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Magnetic materials used for making permanent magnets and magnets in a transformer have different properties of the following, which property best matches for the type of magnet required?

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A perfectly diamagnetic sphere has a small spherical cavity at its centre, which is filled with a paramagnetic substance. The whole system is placed in a uniform magnetic field . Then the field inside the paramagnetic substance is:

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The figure gives experimentally measured vs. variation in a ferromagnetic material. The retentivity, coercivity and saturation, respectively, of the material are:

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These materials are used to make magnets for electric generators, transformer core and electromagnet core. Then it is proper to use:

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