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Diamagnetic materials are characterized by a magnetic susceptibility that is:

Answer: small and negative.

  • A small and negative
  • B small and positive
  • C large and positive
  • D large and negative

Correct answer: A. small and negative

Explanation: Diamagnets have small negative susceptibility and are weakly repelled by magnetic fields.

Bar Magnet Field LinesNSfield lines: N → S (outside magnet)

Magnetic field lines form closed loops: outside the bar magnet they run from the N pole to the S pole; inside, they continue from S back to N, so the lines never start or end anywhere.

Concept context

Bar magnets, Earth's magnetism, and how different materials respond to an external magnetic field - diamagnetic, paramagnetic, and ferromagnetic behaviour.

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