Why are there more diamagnetic substances in nature than there

Jaylene Duarte

Jaylene Duarte

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2022-05-19

Why are there more diamagnetic substances in nature than there are paramagnetic or ferromagnetic substances?

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Kylan Simon

Kylan Simon

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The diamagnetic response to the magnetic field can be traced back to the Lenz law, by which a change in magnetic field always induces such a current in a loop that the lens is repulsed from the field. So the diamagnetic response is is ubiquitous for all systems of moving charges, including the electron orbitals in atoms.
Paramagnetism or ferromagnetism requires the presence of intrinsic magnetic moments that can orient parallel to the field, introducing attractive force. If present, their effect is usually (one or many orders of magnitude) stronger than the weak diamagnetic background.

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