magnetic energy

Attraction's stored force

Magnetic energy is energy stored in a magnetic field.

It exists wherever magnetic fields are present—in permanent magnets, electromagnets, or the space around current-carrying wires.

This energy can be released when the field changes, as when an electromagnet is switched off and the collapsing field induces current.

The magnetic energy stored in an MRI machine's superconducting coils is enormous.

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electromagnetic force type

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Power from moving charges

electric current · electric charge · electrical power · static electricity

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Power from movement

electric energy · thermal energy · chemical energy · nuclear energy · mechanical energy

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Removal of magnetic properties

diamagnetism

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