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Define magnetic susceptibility of a material. Name two elements, one having positive susceptibility and the other having negative susceptibility. What does negative susceptibility signify?

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Magnetic susceptibility:

Iron has positive susceptibility while copper has negative susceptibility. 

Negative susceptibility of a substance signifies that the substance will be repelled by a strong magnet or opposite feeble magnetism induced in the substance. Such a substance is called diamagnetic.



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