Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Magnetic hysteresis can be characterized in various ways. In general, the magnetic material is placed in a varying applied H field, as induced by an electromagnet, and the resulting magnetic flux density (B field) is measured, generally by the inductive electromotive force introduced on a pickup coil nearby the sample.
Typically this is automated through a computer process and a cycle of data is printed out. The electromagnet is typically attached to a rotating base [7] so as to allow the measurements be taken as a function of angle. The external field is applied parallel to the sample length [7] and the aforementioned cycle prints out a hysteresis loop.
Hysteresis loop Induction B as function of field strength H for H varying between H min and H max; for ferromagnetic material the B has different values for H going up and down, therefore a plot of the function forms a loop instead of a curve joining two points; for perminvar type materials, the loop is a "rectangle" (Domain Structure of Perminvar Having a Rectangular Hysteresis Loop, Williams ...
Usually only the hysteresis loop is plotted; the energy maxima are only of interest if the effect of thermal fluctuations is calculated. [1] The Stoner–Wohlfarth model is a classic example of magnetic hysteresis. The loop is symmetric (by a 180 ° rotation) about the origin and jumps occur at h = ± h s, where h s is known as the switching field.
Typically the coercivity of a magnetic material is determined by measurement of the magnetic hysteresis loop, also called the magnetization curve, as illustrated in the figure above. The apparatus used to acquire the data is typically a vibrating-sample or alternating-gradient magnetometer. The applied field where the data line crosses zero is ...
The effect of a magnetic hysteresis loop is measured using instruments such as a vibrating sample magnetometer; and the zero-field intercept is a measure of the remanence. In physics this measure is converted to an average magnetization (the total magnetic moment divided by the volume of the sample) and denoted in equations as M r .
Figure 1: The ideal magnetic hysteresis loop of an exchange spring magnet (dashed), as well as the hysteresis loops of its isolated hard (Blue) and soft (Red) components. H is the applied external magnetic field, M is the total magnetic flux density of the material.
"Soft" magnetic materials with low coercivity and hysteresis, such as silicon steel, or ferrite, are usually used in cores. Magnetic field (green) created by a current-carrying winding (red) in a typical magnetic core transformer or inductor, with the iron core C forming a closed loop, possibly with air gaps G in it. The drawing shows a section ...