noun
- the property of being weakly attracted to magnetic fields, exhibited by materials with unpaired electrons
Usage: physics; chemistry
Examples
- Oxygen exhibits paramagnetism due to its unpaired electrons.
- The scientist studied the paramagnetism of various metal compounds.
- Paramagnetism is much weaker than ferromagnetism.
- Iron salts often display paramagnetism at room temperature.
- The material’s paramagnetism was measured using a magnetic susceptibility balance.
- Paramagnetism decreases as temperature increases according to Curie’s law.