antiferromagnet

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antiferromagnet (plural antiferromagnets)

(physics) An antiferromagnetic material

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An antiferromagnet has two networks of equal and opposite magnetic moments, which cancel each other out so that the net magnetization is zero. Source: Internet

Antiferromagnetism Antiferromagnetic ordering main In an antiferromagnet, unlike a ferromagnet, there is a tendency for the intrinsic magnetic moments of neighboring valence electrons to point in opposite directions. Source: Internet

In some solids the magnetic moments on different atoms are ordered and can form a ferromagnet, an antiferromagnet or a ferrimagnet. Source: Internet

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