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Permeability(electromagnetism)
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Inelectromagnetism,permeabilityisthemeasureoftheabilityofa
materialtosupporttheformationofamagneticfieldwithinitself.
Hence,itisthedegreeofmagnetizationthatamaterialobtainsin
responsetoanappliedmagneticfield.Magneticpermeabilityis
typicallyrepresentedbythe(italicized)Greekletter.Thetermwas
coinedinSeptember1885byOliverHeaviside.Thereciprocalof
magneticpermeabilityismagneticreluctivity.
InSIunits,permeabilityismeasuredinhenriespermeter(H/morHm
1),ornewtonsperamperesquared(NA2).Thepermeabilityconstant
(0),alsoknownasthemagneticconstantorthepermeabilityoffree
space,isameasureoftheamountofresistanceencounteredwhen
formingamagneticfieldinaclassicalvacuum.Themagneticconstant
hastheexact(defined)[1]value(0=4107Hm1
Simplifiedcomparisonof
permeabilitiesfor:ferromagnets(f),
paramagnets(p),freespace(0)and
diamagnets(d)
1.2566370614106Hm1orNA2).
Acloselyrelatedpropertyofmaterialsismagneticsusceptibility,whichisadimensionlessproportionality
factorthatindicatesthedegreeofmagnetizationofamaterialinresponsetoanappliedmagneticfield.
Contents
1 Explanation
2 Relativepermeabilityandmagneticsusceptibility
3 Diamagnetism
4 Paramagnetism
5 Gyromagnetism
6 Valuesforsomecommonmaterials
7 Complexpermeability
8 Seealso
9 Notes
10 References
11 Externallinks
Explanation
Inelectromagnetism,theauxiliarymagneticfieldHrepresentshowamagneticfieldBinfluencesthe
organizationofmagneticdipolesinagivenmedium,includingdipolemigrationandmagneticdipole
reorientation.Itsrelationtopermeabilityis
wherethepermeability,,isascalarifthemediumisisotropicorasecondranktensorforananisotropic
medium.
Ingeneral,permeabilityisnotaconstant,asitcanvarywiththepositioninthemedium,thefrequencyofthe
fieldapplied,humidity,temperature,andotherparameters.Inanonlinearmedium,thepermeabilitycandepend
onthestrengthofthemagneticfield.Permeabilityasafunctionoffrequencycantakeonrealorcomplex
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values.Inferromagneticmaterials,therelationshipbetweenBandHexhibitsbothnonlinearityandhysteresis:
BisnotasinglevaluedfunctionofH,[2]butdependsalsoonthehistoryofthematerial.Forthesematerialsitis
sometimesusefultoconsidertheincrementalpermeabilitydefinedas
Thisdefinitionisusefulinlocallinearizationsofnonlinearmaterialbehavior,forexampleinaNewton
Raphsoniterativesolutionschemethatcomputesthechangingsaturationofamagneticcircuit.
Permeabilityistheinductanceperunitlength.InSIunits,permeabilityismeasuredinhenriespermetre(Hm
1=J/(A2m)=NA2).TheauxiliarymagneticfieldHhasdimensionscurrentperunitlengthandismeasured
inunitsofamperespermetre(Am1).TheproductHthushasdimensionsinductancetimescurrentperunit
area(HA/m2).Butinductanceismagneticfluxperunitcurrent,sotheproducthasdimensionsmagneticflux
perunitarea.ThisisjustthemagneticfieldB,whichismeasuredinwebers(voltseconds)persquaremetre
(Vs/m2),orteslas(T).
BisrelatedtotheLorentzforceonamovingchargeq:
Thechargeqisgivenincoulombs(C),thevelocityvinmeterspersecond(m/s),sothattheforceFisin
newtons(N):
Hisrelatedtothemagneticdipoledensity.Amagneticdipoleisaclosedcirculationofelectriccurrent.The
dipolemomenthasdimensionscurrenttimesarea,unitsamperesquaremetre(Am2),andmagnitudeequalto
thecurrentaroundthelooptimestheareaoftheloop.[3]TheHfieldatadistancefromadipolehasmagnitude
proportionaltothedipolemomentdividedbydistancecubed,[4]whichhasdimensionscurrentperunitlength.
Relativepermeabilityandmagneticsusceptibility
Relativepermeability,sometimesdenotedbythesymbolr,istheratioofthepermeabilityofaspecific
mediumtothepermeabilityoffreespace0:
where0=4107NA2.Intermsofrelativepermeability,themagneticsusceptibilityis
Thenumbermisadimensionlessquantity,sometimescalledvolumetricorbulksusceptibility,todistinguishit
fromp(magneticmassorspecificsusceptibility)andM(molarormolarmasssusceptibility).
Diamagnetism
Diamagnetismisthepropertyofanobjectwhichcausesittocreateamagneticfieldinoppositionofan
externallyappliedmagneticfield,thuscausingarepulsiveeffect.Specifically,anexternalmagneticfieldalters
theorbitalvelocityofelectronsaroundtheirnuclei,thuschangingthemagneticdipolemomentinthedirection
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opposingtheexternalfield.Diamagnetsarematerialswithamagneticpermeabilitylessthan0(arelative
permeabilitylessthan1).
Consequently,diamagnetismisaformofmagnetismthatasubstanceexhibitsonlyinthepresenceofan
externallyappliedmagneticfield.Itisgenerallyaquiteweakeffectinmostmaterials,although
superconductorsexhibitastrongeffect.
Paramagnetism
Paramagnetismisaformofmagnetismwhichoccursonlyinthepresenceofanexternallyappliedmagnetic
field.Paramagneticmaterialsareattractedtomagneticfields,hencehavearelativemagneticpermeability
greaterthanone(or,equivalently,apositivemagneticsusceptibility).Themagneticmomentinducedbythe
appliedfieldislinearinthefieldstrengthandratherweak.Ittypicallyrequiresasensitiveanalyticalbalanceto
detecttheeffect.Unlikeferromagnets,paramagnetsdonotretainanymagnetizationintheabsenceofan
externallyappliedmagneticfield,becausethermalmotioncausesthespinstobecomerandomlyoriented
withoutit.Thusthetotalmagnetizationwilldroptozerowhentheappliedfieldisremoved.Eveninthe
presenceofthefieldthereisonlyasmallinducedmagnetizationbecauseonlyasmallfractionofthespinswill
beorientedbythefield.Thisfractionisproportionaltothefieldstrengthandthisexplainsthelinear
dependency.Theattractionexperiencedbyferromagnetsisnonlinearandmuchstronger,sothatitiseasily
observed,forinstance,inmagnetsonone'srefrigerator.
Gyromagnetism
Forgyromagneticmedia(seeFaradayrotation)themagneticpermeabilityresponsetoanalternating
electromagneticfieldinthemicrowavefrequencydomainistreatedasanondiagonaltensorexpressedby:[5]
Valuesforsomecommonmaterials
Thefollowingtableshouldbeusedwithcautionasthepermeabilityofferromagneticmaterialsvariesgreatly
withfieldstrength.Forexample,4%Sisteelhasaninitialrelativepermeability(atornear0T)of2,000anda
maximumof35,000[6]and,indeed,therelativepermeabilityofanymaterialatasufficientlyhighfieldstrength
trendstoward1.
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Magneticsusceptibilityandpermeabilitydataforselectedmaterials
Susceptibility
Relative
m
Permeability permeability
Magnetic Frequency
Medium
[H/m]
field
(max)
(volumetric
/0
SI)
Metglas2714A(annealed)
1.26 100
1 000 000[7]
Iron(99.95%pureFeannealed
inH)
2.5 101
200 000[8]
NANOPERM(http://www.ma
gnetec.de/en/nanopermrproduct
s/)
1.0 101
Mumetal
at0.5T
100kHz
80 000[9]
at0.5T
10kHz
2.5 102
20 000[10]
at0.002
T
Mumetal
6.3 102
50 000[11]
CobaltIron(highpermeability
stripmaterial)
2.3 102
18 000[12]
1.0 102
8000[10]
Iron(99.8%pure)
6.3 103
5000[8]
Electricalsteel
5.0 103
4000[10]
Ferriticstainlesssteel
(annealed)
1.26 103
2.26 103
10001800[13]
Martensiticstainlesssteel
(annealed)
9.42 104
1.19 103
750950[13]
Ferrite(manganesezinc)
>8.0 104
640(ormore)
100kHz~
1MHz
Ferrite(nickelzinc)
2.0 105
8.0 104
16640
100kHz~
1MHz
CarbonSteel
1.26 104
100[10]
at0.002
T
Nickel
1.26 104
7.54 104
100[10]600
at0.002
T
Martensiticstainlesssteel
(hardened)
5.0 105
1.2 104
4095[13]
Austeniticstainlesssteel
1.260 106
8.8 106
1.0037[13][14]
Neodymiummagnet
1.32 106
1.05[15]
Platinum
1.000 265
1.000 022
Permalloy
Aluminum
8000
Air
1.000 000 37
1.256 637 53 106 [17]
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at0.002
T
[note1]
Wood
Concrete(dry)
at0.002
T
1[18]
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Vacuum
Susceptibility
m
Permeability
[H/m]
(volumetric
SI)
0
4107(0)
Relative
permeability
/0
1,exactly[19]
Hydrogen
1.000 0000
Medium
Teflon
1.2567 106[10]
1.0000
0.999 999 76
Sapphire
2.1 107
Copper
6.4 106
or
1.256 629 106
6[16]
9.2 10
0.999 994
Water
8.0 106
0.999 992
Bismuth
1.66 104
1.256 43 106
0.999 834
Superconductors
Magnetic Frequency
field
(max)
Agoodmagneticcorematerialmusthavehighpermeability.[20]
Forpassivemagneticlevitationarelativepermeabilitybelow1is
needed(correspondingtoanegativesusceptibility).
Permeabilityvarieswithmagneticfield.Valuesshownaboveare
approximateandvalidonlyatthemagneticfieldsshown.Theyare
givenforazerofrequencyinpractice,thepermeabilityisgenerallya
functionofthefrequency.Whenfrequencyisconsidered,the
permeabilitycanbecomplex,correspondingtotheinphaseandoutof
phaseresponse.
Notethatthemagneticconstant0hasanexactvalueinSIunits(thatis,
Magnetisationcurveforferromagnets
(andferrimagnets)andcorresponding
permeability
thereisnouncertaintyinitsvalue)becausethedefinitionoftheampere
fixesitsvalueto4107H/mexactly.
Complexpermeability
Ausefultoolfordealingwithhighfrequencymagneticeffectsisthecomplexpermeability.Whileatlow
frequenciesinalinearmaterialthemagneticfieldandtheauxiliarymagneticfieldaresimplyproportionalto
eachotherthroughsomescalarpermeability,athighfrequenciesthesequantitieswillreacttoeachotherwith
somelagtime.[21]Thesefieldscanbewrittenasphasors,suchthat
sothatthepermeabilitybecomesacomplexnumber.ByEuler'sformula,thecomplexpermeabilitycanbe
translatedfrompolartorectangularform,
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Theratiooftheimaginarytotherealpartofthecomplexpermeabilityiscalledthelosstangent,
whichprovidesameasureofhowmuchpowerislostinamaterialversushowmuchisstored.
Seealso
Antiferromagnetism
Diamagnetism
Electromagnet
Ferromagnetism
Magneticreluctance
Paramagnetism
Permittivity
SIelectromagnetismunits
Notes
1.ThepermeabilityofAusteniticStainlessSteelstronglydependsonthehistoryofmechanicalstressappliedtoit,such
ascoldworking
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RelativePermeability(http://hyperphysics.phyastr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/ferro.html)
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