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Old 22-Jul-2005, 16:40
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Actually Chromium and Manganese are weak ferromagnetics. See http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0959-5309/48/5/311
As you say the magnetic susceptibility of Chromium is greatly increased by the addition of impurities.
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