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Magnetic Materials and Grades
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There are a number of major families of permanent magnets available. They range from ferrite, which is low cost and low energy, to rare earth materials, which are more expensive and offer higher performance. Many factors affect the choice of magnetic material, such as operating temperature, size, weight constraints, environmental concerns and required magnetic energy. More information on our specific magnet materials is available through the links below.
Material | Max Operating Temperature | Max Magnetic Energy Product | Resistance to Demagnetization | |
Neodymium Iron Boron (Nd-Fe-B) | 200ºC | 52 MGOe | Very High | |
Samarium Cobalt (Sm-Co) | 300ºC - 350ºC * | 32 MGOe | Very High | |
Alnico | 550ºC | 10 MGOe | Low | |
Ceramic (Hard Ferrite) | 300ºC | 4 MGOe | Moderate |
*view grades for grade-specific information
Magnet Type and their characteristics
Al-Ni-Co magnets | Ferrite magnets | samarium-cobalt magnets | neodymium magnets | ||
Residual flux density | Br (kG) | 12 | 4.4 | 11 | 13 |
Magnetic coercive force | Hcb (kOe) | 0.6 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 12 |
Hcj (kOe) | - | 3.3 | 7 | 17 | |
Maximum energy product (BH)max | (MGOe) | 5 | 4.6 | 30 | 40 |
Temperature coefficient | Br () | -0.02 | -0.18 | -0.03 | -0.11 |
Curie temperature | Tc | 850 | 460 | 800 | 320 |
Density | d () | 7.3 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 7.5 |
Conversion of si units and conversional units
Item | SI unit | Conventional unit | Conversion rate |
Magnetic flux | Wb | Mx | 1 Mx=Wb |
Magnetomotive force | A | Gilbert | 1 Gilbert=0.795775A |
Magnetic field strength | A/m | Oe | 1 Oe=79.5775A/m |
Magnetic coercive force | |||
Flux density | T(=) | G | 1 G=T |
Magnetic energy product | J/ | GOe(=erg/c) | 1 MGOe=7.95775kj/ |
Magnetic permeability (absolute permeability) | H/m(=) | G/Oe | 1 G/Oe=1.25664H/m |
Specific magnetic permeability | Absolute number | Absolute number | Identical |