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Curie's law

Curie's law is a rule that tells us how strongly a material will be attracted to a magnet.

Imagine you have a bunch of metal spoons, and you want to see how much they like magnets. Curie's law says that the more turns the atomic magnets in the metal make, the more magnetic it will be. So if you have a lot of atomic magnets in a metal, it will be very attracted to a magnet.

But if the spoons are too hot, they might not stick to the magnet because the heat can make the atomic magnets move around too much. It's like when you're too tired to play, you don't want to do anything - this is what happens to atomic magnets when they get too hot.

Now let's say you have a really strong magnet, and you want to use it to pick up a bunch of metal spoons. Curie's law tells us that the stronger the magnet, the more spoons it can pick up. But eventually, the magnet will get so strong that all the spoons will be attracted to it and there won't be any left behind!

So, in summary, Curie's law tells us that the more atomic magnets a material has, the stronger it will be attracted to a magnet. And that material might not be attracted at all if it's too hot, or there's a really strong magnet around.
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