Does a magnetic dipole (in a permanent magnet) tend to align with the B-field or with...

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Does a magnetic dipole (in a permanent magnet) tend to alignwith the B-field or with the H-field?

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A If you put a Bfield in free space and a small magnet in the field it rotates so that the magnetic moment is parallel to the Bfield UmB so potential energy is minimized when m and B are parallel B Inside a bar magnet the Bfield points parallel to the ms inside the magnet while the    See Answer
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