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Unpaired electron spins couple and align.
The sum of their magnetic fields gives macroscopic magnetism.
low temperature 
order
alignment
large magnetization
high temperature 
disorder (thermal fluctuations)
random alignment
spins and fields cancel
no magnetization
Paul Coddington, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University, paulc@npac.syr.edu