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Magnetic moment inferred from an entropy derivative (m(T,B)=αB/T+m0​(B))

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With magnetic Helmholtz free energy convention dF=−SdT−mdB, a measured (∂S/∂B)T​=−αB/T2 fixes (∂m/∂T)B​ to the same value. Integrating determines the displayed inverse-temperature term but leaves a temperature-independent function m0​(B). An independent constitutive or boundary condition is needed to fix it. Requiring zero moment at infinite temperature recovers Curie's law without that offset.

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