From molecular viewpoint, discuss the temperature dependence of susceptibility for diamagnetism, Para magnetism and ferromagnetism.

Susceptibility of magnetic material, where I is the intensity of magnetization induced in the material and H is the magnetizing force. Diamagnetism is due to orbital motion of electrons in an atom developing magnetic moments opposite to applied field. Due to it, the resultant magnetic moment of the diamagnetic material is zero. Hence, susceptibility of diamagnetic material is not much affected by temperature. Paramagnetism and ferromagnetism is due to alignments of atomic magnetic moments in the direction of the applied field. As temperature is raised, this alignment is disturbed, resulting decrease in susceptibility of both, with increase in temperature.


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