Quinckes Tube Method to Find Susceptibility of Paramagnetic Substances

Abstract

A substance's magnetic susceptibility determines how it behaves in a magnetic field. Quincke's method, which is widely used for both paramagnetic and diamagnetic substances, involves putting the liquid in a capillary tube so that the meniscus stands in a powerful magnetic field. In this experiment, we assessed the magnetic susceptibility (χ) of an aqueous MnSO₄ solution by measuring the magnetic fields against various current values. This allowed us to calculate the salt's susceptibility. After obtaining a relatively decent result, the data from the literature is compared.