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What do you mean by the word paramagnetic in chemistry?

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Paramagnetism refers to a property of materials that are weakly attracted to amagnetic field. When exposed to an external magnetic field, internal inducedmagnetic fields form in the material that are ordered in the same direction as the applied field.

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