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A copper rod is suspended in a nonhomogeneous magnetic field region. The rod when in equilibrium will align itself
PhysicsMagnetic Properties of MatterAIIMSAIIMS 2018 (26 May)
Options:
  • A in the region where magnetic field is strongest
  • B in the region where magnetic field is weakest and parallel to direction of magnetic field there
  • C in the direction in which it was originally suspended
  • D in the region where magnetic field is weakest and perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field there.
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The correct answer is: in the region where magnetic field is weakest and perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field there.
Copper is a diamagnetic material, therefore its rod align itself where magnetic field is weaker and perpendicular to the direction of magnetic field in that region.

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