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What does heating do to the alignment of moments in a ferromagnet?
AStrengthens it
BRandomizes it
CReverses it
DLeaves it alone
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Randomizes it
Higher thermal energy randomizes aligned magnetic domains, which causes the loss of order at the Curie point.
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