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ERIC Number: EJ891962
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 3
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
Finding the Curie Temperature for Ferromagnetic Materials
Kizowski, Czeslaw; Budzik, Sylwia; Cebulski, Jozef
Physics Teacher, v45 n1 p31-33 Jan 2007
The laboratory exercise described in this paper is based on a well-known qualitative demonstration of Curie temperature. A long ferromagnetic wire, in the form of a spiral, is attracted to a strong permanent magnet placed near its midpoint (see Fig. 1). The temperature of the wire is increased by passing a current through it. When the temperature reaches the Curie point, the wire becomes paramagnetic and is no longer strongly attracted to the magnet. We have developed this demonstration into a quantitative experiment by providing an accurate way to determine the temperature at which the ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition occurs.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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