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After a long dicussion on the magnetic states of matter, student a arrived at the conclusion that ferromagnetic materials have a grater magnetic moment than ferrimagnetic materials. Student b held firm to the opposite scenario. Who is correct, student a or Student b?
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Student B is correct. Ferrimagnetic materials have a greater magnetic moment than ferromagnetic materials. This is because in ferrimagnetic materials, the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned antiparallel, but with unequal magnitudes, resulting in a net magnetic moment. In ferromagnetic materials, the magnetic moments are aligned parallel, but the net magnetic moment is still lower than in ferrimagnetic materials due to the weaker alignment.
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