PH 580

Tutorial Sheet-2

1. Calculate the molecular field of Ni at 0K in the theory of Weiss assuming a Curie

temperature TC = 628 K, J = 1/2, and a saturation magnetization per atom of 0.6
μB.
2. Find the magnetic contribution to the heat capacity of a paramagnetic salt if the
magnetic moment is 1 μB.
3. Find the magnetic field that has to be applied to a paramagnetic material
containing ions with moment of 1 μB so that x percent of these ions are in the
lowest energy state.
4. Show that the magnetization and the specific heat of a ferromagnet with S=1/2 as
per the Curie-Weiss law are
2
 2TC   2TC / T
M  N B (1  2e 2TC / T
) and CV  NVk B   e where V is the volume of
 T 
the sample.

Assignments:

1. Explain the Faraday balance and Guoy’s method of determining the magnetic
susceptibility of a paramagnetic material.
2. Magnetic memory devices
3. Electron spin resonance
4. Any method to map the domain pattern.
5. Thermodynamics behind adiabatic demagnetization.