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Graph showing inverse magnetic susceptibility (1/chi) versus absolute temperature (T) with three lines: A for Curie's law, B for the Curie-Weiss law of a ferromagnet with Curie temperature Tc, and C for the Curie-Weiss law of an antiferromagnetic substance, each line labeled accordingly.

A graph showing the magnetization curve as a solid line and the hysteresis loop as a dashed line for a ferromagnet, with magnetic field strength (H) on the horizontal axis and magnetic flux density (B) on the vertical axis.

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Pierre Curie

Pierre Curie

French chemist