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Question
A material’s weak repulsion from a magnetic field is due to:
Explanation
Diamagnetic materials exhibit weak repulsion from a magnetic field because an external field induces small currents in their atoms that generate an opposing magnetic moment, per Lenz’s law, resulting in a slight reduction of the field inside the material.
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