Orders of magnitude (magnetic field)

Orders of magnitude (magnetic field)

This page lists examples of magnetic induction B in teslas and gauss produced by various sources. They are grouped by orders of magnitude, and each section covers three orders of magnitude, or a factor of one thousand. Note: Traditionally, magnetizing field H, is measured in amperes per meter. Magnetic induction B (also known as magnetic flux density) has SI units teslas (T) or Wb/m^2. When we are using this units in vacuum, one tesla is equal to 104 gauss. Magnetic field drops off as the cube of the distance from the source (for a dipole). These examples attempt to make the measuring point clear, usually the surface of the item mentioned.

List of orders of magnitude for magnetic fields

Factor (tesla) 1018 SI prefix Value Value (prefixGauss) 50 fG Item

attotesla

5 aT

SQUID magnetometers on Gravity Probe B gyroscopes measure fields at this level [1] over several days of averaged measurements SQUID magnetometers on Gravity Probe B gyros measure fields at this level in about one second human brain magnetic field In September 2006, NASA found "potholes" in the magnetic field in the heliosheath around our solar system that are 10 picoteslas as reported by Voyager [2] 1 magnetic field strength in the heliosphere strength of magnetic tape near tape head strength of Earth's magnetic field at 0 latitude (on the equator) strength of Earth's magnetic field at 50 latitude

1015 1012 1011

femtotesla 2 fT

20 pG

picotesla

0.1 - 1.0 pT 1.01011 T

1 - 10 nG 100 nG

109 106 105

nanotesla

0.1 nT to 10 nT

1 - 100 G 240 mG 310 mG 580 mG

microtesla 24 T 31 T 58 T (5.8105 T)

103

millitesla

0.5 mT

5G

the suggested exposure limit for cardiac pacemakers by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) the strength of a typical refrigerator magnet [3] the magnetic field strength of a sunspot coil gap of a typical loudspeaker magnet. [4]

5 mT 101 100 tesla 0.15 T 1 T to 2.4 T 1.25 T

50 G 1.5 kG 10 - 24 kG 12.5 kG

strength of a modern neodymium-iron-boron (Nd2Fe14B) rare earth magnet. A coin-sized neodymium magnet can lift more than 9kg, pinch skin and erase credit [5] cards. strength of medical magnetic resonance imaging systems in practice, [6][7] experimentally up to 8 T Modern high resolution research magnetic resonance imaging system

1.5 T to 3 T

15 - 30 kG

9.4 T

94 kG

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2
117 kG 160 kG 362 kG field strength of a 500MHz NMR spectrometer strength used to levitate a frog [8]

101

11.7 T 16 T 36.2 T

strongest continuous magnetic field produced by non-superconductive resistive [9] magnet. strongest continuous magnetic field yet produced in a laboratory (Florida State [10] University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, USA). strongest (pulsed) magnetic field yet obtained non-destructively in a laboratory (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, [11] USA) strongest pulsed magnetic field yet obtained in a laboratory, destroying the used equipment, but not the laboratory itself (Institute for Solid State Physics, Tokyo) strongest (pulsed) magnetic field ever obtained (with explosives) in a laboratory [12] (VNIIEF in Sarov, Russia, 1998)

45 T

450 kG

102

100.75 T

1 MG

730 T

7.3 MG

103

kilotesla

2.8 kT

28 MG

106

megatesla 1 to 100 MT (106 10 - 1000 GG (0.01 strength of a neutron star - 1 TG) T to 108 T) gigatesla 0.1 to 100 GT (108 to 1011 T) 1 - 1000 TG (0.001 strength of a magnetar - 1 PG)

109

References
[1] (http:/ / einstein. stanford. edu/ content/ education/ GP-B_T-Guide4-2008. pdf) Gravity Probe B [3] http:/ / www. nevusnetwork. org/ mritech. htm [5] The Tesla Radio Conspiracy (http:/ / teslaradioconspiracy. blogspot. com/ )

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