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phenomenon associated with the motion of electric charges . This motion can take many forms. It can be an electric current in a conductor or charged particles moving through space, or it can be the motion of an electron in atomic orbit. Magnetism is also associated with elementary particles, such as the electron, that have a property called spin.
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Contents of this article: Introduction Fundamentals Magnetic field of steady currents Magnetic forces Lorentz force Repulsion or attraction between two magnetic dipoles Magnetization effects in matter Magnetic properties of matter Induced and permanent atomic magnetic dipoles Diamagnetism Paramagnetism Ferromagnetism Role of exchange interaction Remanence Antiferromagnetism Ferrimagnetism Additional reading
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