Overview Curie's law Quick Reference The susceptibility (χ) of a paramagnetic substance is proportional to the thermodynamic temperature ( T ), i.e. χ = C / T, where C is the Curie constant. A modification of this law, the Curie-Weiss law, is more generally applicable.

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Marie Curie, née Sklodowska The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 . Born: 7 November 1867, Warsaw, Russian Empire (now Poland) Died: 4 July 1934, Sallanches, France Prize motivation: “in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel”

1 (of 11) Portrait of Marie Curie (1934). 2 (of 11) The fifth Solvay International Conference on Electrons and Photons, was held in October 1927. Prominent physicists from all the world met to discuss the newly formulated quantum theory. 17 of the 29 participants were or became Nobel Laureates. Back row, left to right: Auguste Piccard, Émile.