Introduction to Electrodynamics · Problem 6.6

Magnetic Fields in Matter — David J. Griffiths

Physics · paramagnetism-diamagnetism

Problem

Of the following materials, which would you expect to be paramagnetic and which diamagnetic: aluminum, copper, copper chloride (CuCl2_2), carbon, lead, nitrogen (N2_2), salt (NaCl), sodium, sulfur, water? (Actually, copper is slightly diamagnetic; otherwise they're all what you'd expect.)

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