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The magnetic moment of a gadolinium atom is 7.95 muB (Ho is the Bohr magneton). Gadolinium crystallizes in a face-centered cubic lattice with lattice constant of 3.2 Å. Find the saturation magnetization. Take into account that an elementary cell of a face-centered lattice contains four atoms.

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Solution :The saturation magnetizntion is `M_(svt)=n_(0)p_(m)," where N"_(v)=4//a^3` is the concentration of the ATOMS, `p_(m)=7.95mu_(B)` is the magnetic moment of a SINGLE ATOM. HENCE `M_("svt") 4 xx 7.95 mu_(B)//2^3`.


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