Wednesday 18 March 2009

DE-Gaussing

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician & scientist 1777-1856 whose name was adopted for the CGS unit of magnetic flux density. {Magnetisation}. Sometimes bits of metal (iron/chrome) become magnetised when we don't want them to. It happens in tape recorders. If you bring those parts under the influence of a powerful "saturating" and alternating magnetic field, that is made to decay away relatively slowly , their magnetism will be removed. "De-Gaussed"
Magnetite is a naturally occuring ferrite commonly called Lodestone. It exhibits "ferrimagnetism" as opposed to "ferromagnetism". "Ferroxcube" is a tradename for similar man-made magnetic ceramic materials. A china that contains ferrous particles, mixed with other metals. It is very useful in conjunction with inductors at higher frequencies.

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