Magnetic materials are all around us, and understanding their
properties underlies much of today's engineering efforts. The
range of applications in which they are centrally involved includes
audio, video and computer technology, tele-communications,
automotive sensors, electric motors at all scales, medical imaging,
energy supply and transportation, as well as the design of stealthy
airplanes.
This book deals with the basic phenomena that govern the magnetic
properties of matter, with magnetic materials and with the
applications of magnetism in science, technology and
medicine.
Dedicated to magnetic materials and applications of magnetism, this
book deals with permanent magnet (hard) materials, magnetically
soft materials for low-frequency applications, then for
high-frequency electronics, magnetostrictive materials,
superconductors, magnetic-thin films and multilayers, and
ferrofluids. A chapter is dedicated to magnetic recording. The role
of magnetism in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in the earth
and the life sciences, is discussed. Finally, a chapter deals with
instrumentation for magnetic measurements. Appendices provide
tables of magnetic properties, unit conversions, useful formulas,
and some figures on the economic place of magnetic materials.
E. du Trémolet de Lacheisserie, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Sciences, Grenoble, France / Damien Gignoux, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Sciences, Grenoble, France / Michel Schlenker, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble Sciences, Grenoble, France
- Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - Permanent magnets - Soft materials for electrical engineering and low frequency electronics - Soft materials for high frequency electronics - Magnetostrictive materials - Superconductivity - Magnetic thin films and multilayers - Principles of magnetic recording - Ferrofluids - Magnetic resonance imaging - Magnetism of earth materials and geomagnetism - Magnetism and the life sciences - Practical magnetism and instrumentation - Appendices - General References - Index by material - Index by subject.
