Magnetic Properties of Materials

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Magnetic Properties of Materials: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Hysteresis, Meissner Effect, Curie Temperature, Curie Law, Coercivity, Retentivity, Diamagnetic Substances, Paramagnetic Substances, Ferromagnetic Substances, Superconducting Magnets and, Magnetic Properties of Matter

Important Questions on Magnetic Properties of Materials

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Which one of the following species is diamagnetic in nature?

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A magnetic material filed in U-tube. When magnetic field is applied at one end of U-tube then level of magnetic material is changed in tube as shown in figure. The material in U-tube may be -

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Area of B-H hysteresis loop indicate

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Curie temperature is the temperature above which

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Meissner effect is strictly followed by

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In superconductivity the conductivity of a material becomes

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A frog can be levitated in magnetic field produced by a current in a vertical solenoid placed below the frog. This is possible because the body of the frog behaves as

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Hysteresis loops for two magnetic materials A and B are given below:
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These materials are used to make magnets for electric generators, transformer cores and electromagnet core. Then it is proper to use:

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The relative permeability μr of a ferromagnetic substance varies with temperature T according to the curve,

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The hysteresis loss in soft magnetic materials must be kept ______

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Which of the materials gets repelled by a magnetic field?

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Needles N 1 , N 2 and N 3 are made of a ferromagnetic, a paramagnetic and a diamagnetic substance respectively. A magnet when brought close to them will

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Magnetic moment of diamagnetic substances-

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Curie temperature is the temperature above which:

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Substances, when placed in a magnetic field acquire feeble magnetisation in the direction opposite to that of the applied field are called

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The relative permeability of a substance X is slightly less than unity and that of substance Y is slightly more than unity. Then,

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Point out the best representation of relation between magnetic susceptibility X and temperature T for a paramagnetic material.

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Needles N1,N2 and N3 are made of a ferromagnetic, a paramagnetic and a diamagnetic substance respectively. A magnet, when brought close to them, will

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In a superconductor, critical magnetic field

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The intensity of magnetisation I is plotted against the magnetising field H for different substances. The curves A and B shown in the adjoining figure are associated with :-

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