Ferromagnetism in Physics : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāϤ Ferromagnetism






Ferromagnetism in Physics : āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύāϤ Ferromagnetism


Ferromagnetism is the strong magnetism shown by materials like iron, cobalt, and nickel. In these materials, tiny atomic magnets align in the same direction, producing a strong permanent magnet. Ferromagnetism āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϞ⧋āĻšāĻž (Iron), āĻ•’āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āϟ (Cobalt) āφ⧰⧁ āύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ (Nickel)ā§° āĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĒā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšāϤ āĻ…āϪ⧁āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ• āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Examples / āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ : i. Iron (āϞ⧋āĻšāĻž)  ii. Cobalt (āĻ•’āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āϟ)  iii. Nickel (āύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ)

 

Important Point / āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž

  • Ferromagnetic materials can become permanent magnets. (Ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤)

  • These materials are strongly attracted by magnets. (āĻāχ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Science Behind Permanent Magnets (āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ)

Inside ferromagnetic materials, groups of atoms called magnetic domains point in the same direction. This alignment creates a strong magnetic field. Ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āĻ­āĻŋāϤ⧰āϤ magnetic domains āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻ…āϪ⧁āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāχ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻžāχ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§ā§° āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


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MCQ


1. Ferromagnetism is found in —. Ferromagnetism — āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


(a) Wood | (b) Plastic | (c) Iron | (d) Glass


Ans: (c) Iron


Explanation: Iron is a ferromagnetic material. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϞ⧋āĻšāĻž āĻāϟāĻž ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāĨ¤


2. Which of the following is a ferromagnetic material ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ ?

(a) Copper | (b) Nickel | (c) Aluminium | (d) Silver


Ans: (b) Nickel


Explanation: Nickel shows strong magnetic properties. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Nickel-āĻ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


3. Ferromagnetic substances are strongly attracted by —

Ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ — āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


(a) water | (b) heat | (c) magnets | (d) light


Ans: (c) magnets


Explanation: Ferromagnetic materials are strongly attracted by magnets. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āφāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


4. Which of the following can become a permanent magnet ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡ ?

(a) Iron | (b) Paper | (c) Rubber | (d) Wood


Ans: (a) Iron


Explanation: Iron can retain magnetism for a long time. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: āϞ⧋āĻšāĻžāχ āĻŦāĻšā§ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϧ⧰āĻŋ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āϧ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤


5. Ferromagnetism occurs due to alignment of —. — ā§° āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ ferromagnetism āϘāĻŸā§‡āĨ¤

(a) molecules | (b) domains | (c) liquids | (d) electrons only


Ans: (b) domains


Explanation: Magnetic domains align in one direction to produce strong magnetism. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Magnetic domains āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļāϤ āϏāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


6. Which metal is NOT ferromagnetic ? āϕ⧋āύ āϧāĻžāϤ⧁ ferromagnetic āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?

(a) Iron | (b) Cobalt | (c) Nickel | (d) Copper


Ans: (d) Copper


Explanation: Copper does not show ferromagnetism. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Copper-āĻ ferromagnetism āύ⧇āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


7. Ferromagnetism is related to —. Ferromagnetism — ā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤

(a) electricity | (b) heat | (c) magnetism | (d) sound


Ans:(c) magnetism


Explanation: Ferromagnetism is a magnetic property of materials. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ferromagnetism āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§° āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĨ¤


8. Which scientist is associated with magnetism studies ? āϕ⧋āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?

(a) Newton | (b) Faraday | (c) Darwin | (d) Edison


Ans: (b) Faraday


Explanation: Michael Faraday made important contributions to magnetism. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Michael Faraday-āĻ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϤ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ…ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāύ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤


9. The tiny regions responsible for ferromagnetism are called —. Ferromagnetism-ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšāĻ• — āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

(a) atoms | (b) ions | (c) magnetic domains | (d) nuclei


Ans: (c) magnetic domains


Explanation: Magnetic domains are tiny regions with aligned magnetic moments. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Magnetic domains āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āϏ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ āϝ’āϤ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤


10. Which of the following shows strongest magnetism ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ā§ąā§‡ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧ ?

(a) Ferromagnetic substances | (b) Diamagnetic substances | (c) Non-metals | (d) Liquids


Ans: (a) Ferromagnetic substances


Explanation: Ferromagnetic materials show very strong magnetism. āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Ferromagnetic āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨāχ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āϚ⧁āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–ā§ā§ąāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤