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How many ferromagnets do you think you own? Maybe many more than you realise. Ferromagnetic materials lie at the heart not just of the humble compass, but also of many loudspeakers and of computer memory. This teaching and learning package outlines the microscopic basis of magnetism and some of the conquences of ferromagnetic order in real materials.

	Aims Before you start Introduction Types of magnetism Why are some materials magnetic? Why are only some materials ferromagnetic? Curie-Weiss law Domains Domain walls Hysteresis Anisotropy Summary Questions Going further
You can also view and download the animations from this TLP at CORE-Materials

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First created: September 2006. Last updated: January 2008.