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Is this a phrase: "Paramagnetic materials are attracted to magnetic fields, hence have a relative magnetic permeability greater than unity (or, equivalently, a positive magnetic susceptibility)." Unity what who where?

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and this word: exchanergy what's that? Is that a misspell?

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Is ferromagnetism a special case of paramagnetism as implied in para 3?--Light current 22:04, 19 September 2005 (UTC)....

Even ferro,ferrimagnetic materials align with an external magnetic field (if it means spontaneous magnetisation in ferromagnetism then the situation is different).

Paramagnetic materials attract and repel like normal magnets when subject to a magnetic field-Wrong statement without proper explanation. Justin

This definition is acceptable from the external link given

The Langevin model, which is true for materials with non-interacting localised electrons, states that each atom has a magnetic moment which is randomly oriented as a result of thermal agitation. The application of a magnetic field creates a slight alignment of these moments and hence a low magnetisation in the same direction as the applied field.