Curie's law

In a paramagnetic material the magnetization of the material is (approximately) directly proportional to an applied magnetic field. However, if the material is heated, this proportionality is reduced: for a fixed value of the field, the magnetization is (approximately) inversely proportional to temperature. This fact is encapsulated by Curie's law: where is the resulting magnetisation is the magnetic field, measured in teslas is absolute temperature, measured in kelvins is a material-specific Curie constant.

Curie's law

In a paramagnetic material the magnetization of the material is (approximately) directly proportional to an applied magnetic field. However, if the material is heated, this proportionality is reduced: for a fixed value of the field, the magnetization is (approximately) inversely proportional to temperature. This fact is encapsulated by Curie's law: where is the resulting magnetisation is the magnetic field, measured in teslas is absolute temperature, measured in kelvins is a material-specific Curie constant.