Above curie temperature:
- a paramagnetic substance becomes ferromagnetic
- a ferromagnetic substance becomes paramagnetic
- a paramagnetic substance becomes diamagnetic
- a diamagnetic substance becomes paramagnetic
Solution
Above the Curie temperature, the material is paramagnetic, as the atoms lose their ordered magnetic moments when the material undergoes a phase transition.
The ordered magnetic moments change and become disordered at the Curie temperature. Higher temperatures make magnets weaker, as spontaneous magnetism only occurs below the Curie temperature.
Asked in: NEET 2006
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