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Magnetism and Matter
Title
The most common term which are related to magnetic property
Types of Magnetic Material
Magnetic properties of Materials.
Hysterisis loop (Hysterisis curve)
Hard and soft magnetic materials
Application of Hysterisis loop
Examples
Application Of Magnetic property
By - Rewandas
Borkar (Physics
Teacher)
The most common term which are related to
magnetic property .
Magnetic moment μm :
A vector quantity associated with the magnetic properties of electric current
loops or, more generally, magnets. It is equal to the amount of current flowing through the
loop multiplied by the area encompassed by the loop, and its direction is established by
the right hand rule for rotations μm = IA
I= Circulating current ; A= Area coverage by loop
Magnetic field or Intensity
A field of force associated with changing electric fields, as when electric
charges are in motion. Magnetic fields exert deflective forces on moving electric
charges. Most magnets have magnetic fields as a result of the spinning motion of
the electrons orbiting the atoms of which they are composed; electromagnets
create such fields from electric current moving through coils
total magnetic field B in the material is given by
B = μ0(H + M)
H=B/ μ0
Magnetization Vector M
The Average Dipole moment per unit volume is called Magnetization vector M ,
Magnetic Permeability (μ):
Magnetic permeability is a measure of a material’s ability to conduct
or allow the passage of magnetic field lines through it. It quantifies
the extent to which a material can support the formation of a
magnetic field within itself.
Formula:
B = μ H,
where:
B is the magnetic flux density,
H is the applied magnetic field,
μ is the magnetic permeability of the material.
Units: Measured in henries per meter (H/m) or newtons per ampere
squared (N/A²).
Magnetic susceptibility χm
In electromagnetism, the Magnetic Susceptibility (χ):
Magnetic susceptibility is a dimensionless quantity that measures how much a
material becomes magnetized in response to an applied magnetic field. It
indicates the extent to which a material can be magnetized.
The Relation Between χm and μr ,
μr = 1+ χm
In summary:
Magnetic susceptibility tells us how easily a material can be magnetized.
Magnetic permeability tells us how easily a magnetic field can pass through a
material.
What is Magnetic properties of Materials ?
It is common characteristics of Materials . Magnetic properties of
material involve concept based on the magnetic dipole moment. Some of the
material has the ability to create internal Dipole moment . For this reason this
kinds of material present special type of properties. Some common characteristics
of this material is …
1. attracting other magnetic material.
2. Inducing pole in this material .
3. The polarity of two pole are opposite .
Types of Magnetic Material
The magnetic behavior of materials can be classified into the following major
groups:
1. Diamagnetism
2. Paramagnetism
3. Ferromagnetism
Diamagnetism
In the presence of an external magnetic field, some electrons are speeded up
and some are slowed down. The electrons whose moments were anti-parallel
are speeded up according to Lenz’s law and this produces an induced
magnetic moment in a direction opposite to the field. The induced moment
disappears as soon as the external field is removed.
• When placed in a non-uniform magnetic field, the interaction between
induced magnetic moment and the external field creates a force which
tends to move the material from stronger part to weaker part of the
external field. It means that diamagnetic material is repelled by the field.
• This action is called diamagnetic action and such materials are known as
diamagnetic materials. Examples: Bismuth, Copper and Water, air,
hydrogen, lead, sodium Chloride, silicon etc.
Diamagnetism
Diamagnetism is a fundamental property of all matter, although it is usually very
weak.
Diamagnetic substances are composed of atoms which have no net magnetic
moments (ie., all the orbital shells are filled and there are no unpaired electrons).
The properties of diamagnetic materials are
i. Magnetic susceptibility is negative.
ii. Relative permeability is slightly less than unity.
iii.The magnetic field lines are repelled or expelled by
diamagnetic materials when placed in a magnetic field.
iv. Susceptibility is nearly temperature independent.
plot M vs H
Paramagnetism
This class of materials, some of the atoms or ions in the material have a net magnetic moment due to
unpaired electrons in partially filled orbitals. One of the most important atoms with unpaired
electrons is iron.
In the presence of an external magnetic field, the torque acting on the atomic dipoles will align them
in the field direction. As a result, there is net magnetic dipole moment induced in the direction of the
applied field. The induced dipole moment is present as long as the external field exists.
resulting in a net positive magnetization and positive susceptibility.
Materials which exhibit weak magnetism in the direction of the applied field are known as
paramagnetic materials. Examples: Aluminium, Platinum, chromium, manganese, calcium,
lithium, oxygen, copper chloride, niobium etc.
The properties of paramagnetic materials are:
i. Magnetic susceptibility is positive and small.
ii. Relative permeability is greater than unity.
iii.The magnetic field lines are attracted into the paramagnetic materials
when placed in a magnetic field.
iv. Susceptibility is inversely proportional to temperature.
Paramagnetis
m
Curie’s law
The magnetization of a paramagnetic material is directly proportional to
the external magnetic field and inversely proportional to the absolute
temperature of the material.
Mz α Bext / T
Mz = C Bext / T
Bext = μ0​H
Mz = C (μ0​H / T)
Mz = ᵡ H
ᵡ = Cμ0​/ T
When temperature is increased, thermal vibration
will upset the alignment of magnetic dipole
moments. Therefore, the magnetic susceptibility
decreases with increase in temperature. In many
cases, the susceptibility of the materials is
Ferromagnetism
An atom or a molecule in a ferromagnetic material possesses net magnetic dipole moment
as in a paramagnetic material.
A ferromagnetic material is made up of smaller regions, called ferromagnetic domain
(Figure 3.27). (Domain Size = 1mm) A Domain is a region inside of material where the
group of magnetic moments naturally align in the same direction.
Within each domain, the magnetic moments are spontaneously aligned in a direction. This
alignment is caused by strong interaction arising from electron spin which depends on
the inter-atomic distance.
Each domain has net magnetisation in a direction. However the direction of magnetisation
varies from domain to domain and thus net magnetisation of the specimen is zero.
Ferromagnetism
In the presence of external magnetic
field, two processes take place
1.the domains boundaries
displacement
2.the domains rotation (rotated so
that they are aligned with the field.)
As a result of these mechanisms, there
is a strong net magnetisation of the
material in the direction of the applied
field (Figure).
Materials which exhibit strong
magnetism in the direction of applied
field are called ferromagnetic materials.
Examples: Iron, Nickel, gadolinium
(Gd), Dysprosium (Dy) and Cobalt etc.
Ferromagnetism
The properties of ferromagnetic materials are:
i. Magnetic susceptibility is positive and
large. ii. Relative permeability is large.
iii. The magnetic field lines are strongly attracted into the ferromagnetic materials when
placed in a magnetic field.
iv. Susceptibility is inversely proportional to temperature.
Curie-Weiss law
As temperature increases, the ferromagnetism
decreases due to the increased thermal agitation
of the atomic dipoles. At a particular temperature,
ferromagnetic material becomes paramagnetic.
This temperature is known as Curie temperature
TC .
The susceptibility of the material above the
Curie temperature is given by
This relation is called Curie-Weiss law.
The constant C is called Curie constant and
temperature T is in kelvin. A plot of magnetic
susceptibility with temperature is as shown
in Figure.
Hysteresis (or hysteresis loop)
It is a graphical representation of the relationship between the magnetizing
field (H) and the resulting magnetization (B or M) in a ferromagnetic material. It
shows how a material’s magnetization changes when subjected to an increasing and
then decreasing external magnetic field.
In addition to the Curie temperature and saturation magnetization,
ferromagnetism can retain a memory of an applied field once it is removed. This
behavior is called hysteresis and a plot of the variation of Magnetization with
magnetic field or (Magnetic Intensity H) is called a hysteresis loop.
When a ferromagnetic material is kept in a magnetising field, the
material gets magnetised by induction. An important characteristic of
ferromagnetic material is that the variation of magnetic induction with
magnetising field is not linear. It means that the ratio B/H = µ is not a constant.
Hysteresis
1.Closed curve ACDEFGKC is called hysteresis
loop and it represents a cycle of magnetisation.
2.The residual magnetism AD present in the
specimen is called remanence or retentivity.
It is defined as the ability of the materials to
retain the magnetism in them even
magnetising field vanishes.
3.The magnitude of the reverse magnetising
field for which the residual magnetism of
the material vanishes is called its
coercivity. The magnetising field AE in the
reverse direction is required to bring
residual magnetism to zero
4.In the entire cycle, the magnetic induction B
lags behind the magnetising field H. This
phenomenon of lagging of magnetic induction
behind the magnetising field is called
hysteresis. Hysteresis means ‘lagging behind’.
Significance of the Hysteresis Curve:
1. Energy Loss:
The area inside the hysteresis loop
represents energy lost as heat due to
the internal friction of the magnetic
domains being aligned and realigned
During the magnetisation of the
specimen through a cycle, there is loss
of energy in the form of heat. This loss
is attributed to the rotation and
orientation of molecular magnets in
various directions. It is found that the
energy lost (or dissipated) per unit
volume of the material when it is
carried through one cycle of
magnetisation is equal to the area of
the hysteresis loop.
The loss in energy is measured in
joules.
2. Soft vs. Hard Magnetic Materials:
Soft magnetic materials (e.g., iron) have narrow hysteresis loops, meaning they require less
energy to magnetize and demagnetize. They are used in applications where materials are
continuously cycled through magnetization, like in transformer cores.
Hard magnetic materials (e.g., permanent magnets) have wide hysteresis loops, indicating
that they retain their magnetization well, even when the external field is removed.
Based on the shape and size of the hysteresis loop, ferromagnetic materials are classified as soft
magnetic materials with smaller area and hard magnetic materials with larger area.
The comparison of the hysteresis loops for two magnetic materials is shown in Figure 3.31.
Properties of soft and hard magnetic materials are compared in Table 3.2.
Hard and soft magnetic materials
Applications of hysteresis loop
The significance of hysteresis loop is that it provides information such as
retentivity, coercivity, permeability, susceptibility and energy loss during one
cycle of magnetisation for each ferromagnetic material. Therefore, the study
of hysteresis loop will help us in selecting proper and suitable material for a
given purpose. Some examples:
i) Permanent magnets:
The materials with high retentivity, high coercivity and high permeability are
suitable for making permanent magnets. Examples: Steel and Alnico
ii) Electromagnets:
The materials with high initial permeability, low retentivity, low coercivity
and thin hysteresis loop with smaller area are preferred to make
electromagnets.
Examples: Soft iron and Mumetal (Nickel Iron alloy).
iii) Core of the transformer:
The materials with high initial permeability, large magnetic induction and
thin hysteresis loop with smaller area are needed to design transformer
cores.
Examples: Soft iron
EXAMPLE
The following figure shows the variation of intensity of magnetisation with
the applied magnetic field intensity for three magnetic materials X, Y and Z.
Identify the materials X,Y and Z.
Solution
The slope of M-H graph measures the
magnetic susceptibility, which is
χm = M / H
Material X: Slope is positive and larger
value. So, it is a ferromagnetic material.
Material Y: Slope is positive and lesser
value than X. So, it could be a
paramagnetic material.
Material Z: Slope is negative and hence,
it is a diamagnetic material.
magnetic shielding
The use of a shell or box of magnetic material of
high permeability to protect sensitive
instruments from stray magnetic fields is called
magnetic shielding.
The permeability of the material being many
order of magnitudes greater than air, the
magnetic field lines pass through the shell. The
saturation v induction B of the material must be
greater than the external field to be shielded.
from below figure shows the cross section of a
cylindrical or spherical shield in which the central
region is the field-free region.
[Note : The most widely used alloy for magnetic
shielding purposes is the patented MuMetal®. Its
composition of 80% nickel, 4.5% molybdenum and
balance iron gives it high permeability.]
Application Of Magnetic property
In real world there many operation of magnetic property . This property is use
as two form as Electromagnetic field and magnetic field .
1. Electronic Motor and Generator
2. Magnetic storage
3. Magnetic bearing
4. Magnetic separator and Holding Device
5. A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA)
6. Burglar alarm etc.
Magnetic storage
Magnetic storage and magnetic recording are terms from engineering
referring to the storage of data on a magnetized medium. Magnetic storage uses
different patterns of magnetization in a magnetizable material to store data and is
a form of non-volatile memory. The information is accessed using one or
more read/write heads.
Magnetic bearing
A magnetic bearing is a bearing which supports a load using magnetic
levitation. Magnetic bearings support moving machinery without physical contact,
for example, they can levitate a rotating shaft and permit relative motion with very
low friction and no mechanical wear.
Magnetic separator and Holding Device
Magnetic separator for particle size less than 3mm magnetite, pyrrhotite,
ilmenite and other materials, wet magnetic separation, but also for coal, non-
metallic minerals, building materials and other materials in addition to iron
work.Available downstream, semi-reflux, reflux-type and other forms of magnetic
separator, cylinder surface magnetic field strength can be produced according to
the actual use of the special.
Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA)
A magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) is a type of magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) scan that uses a magnetic field and pulses of radio
wave energy to provide pictures of blood vessels inside the body. In many cases
MRA can provide information that can't be obtained from an X-ray, ultrasound,
or computed tomography (CT) scan.
Burglar alarm
Passive magnetic field detection
This buried security system is based on the Magnetic Anomaly Detection
principle of operation. The system uses an electromagnetic field generator
powered by two wires running in parallel. Both wires run along the perimeter and
are usually installed about 5 inches apart on top of a wall or about 12"/30 cm
below ground. The wires are connected to a signal processor which analyzes any
change in the magnetic field.
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