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5.07. PROPERTIES OF DIA, PARA AND sant 507. PROPERTIES FERROMAGNETIC The three types of magnetic materials possess the properties as listed below : ta) Troperties of diamagnetic substances A. A diamagnetic substance is feebly ny amagnet, ‘When a diamagnetic substance is placed near a magnet icin the magnetic field due to the magnet) its atoms acquire a small magnetic dipole moment ina direction opposite to that of the external magnetic field. Asa result, the diamagnetic substance Fig. 5.11 moves from stronger part of the magnetic field to its weaker part ie. itis feebly repelled by the magnet. hen a rod of diamagnetic substance is suspended inside a magnetic eld, it storoly sets itself at right angles to the direction ofthe field as shotom in Fig. 3 11. Ithappens, because a diamagnetic substance is weakly repelled by a magnet. N s

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