magnetization

Creating magnetic properties

Magnetization is the process of making something magnetic, or the degree to which something has become magnetic.

Iron can acquire magnetization through exposure to a magnetic field or electric current.

The term also describes the magnetic moment per unit volume of a material: The rock's magnetization revealed the orientation of Earth's magnetic field when it formed.

physics

paramagnetism

Weak magnetic susceptibility phenomenon

alignment · saturation · permeability · susceptibility · spin · anisotropy · remanence · demagnetization

materials

iron

Element twenty-six

alnico · neodymium · lodestone · magnetite · nanoparticles · thin-film

attraction

pull

Force toward oneself

  • drawCreate with pencil
  • polesLong sticks or extremities
  • northArctic-facing cardinal direction

south · repulsion · dipole · lodestone · compass · force-field · adherence · cling

induction

solenoid

Current-carrying wire helix

  • coilWound circular arrangement
  • currentDirected flow of charge
  • ampereUnit of electrical flow

turns · wire · flux · inductor · core · winding · energizing · yoke · excitation

process

saturation

State of complete permeation

switching · degaussing · poling · encoding

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magnetic state

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Removal of magnetic properties

degaussing · demagnetizing · paramagnetism · diamagnetism

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