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QUESTION BANK

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES

1. (a) Describe a magnetic dipole.


(b) Calculate the magnetic field strength within a coil of wire given the
number of wire turns, the length of the coil, and the magnitude of the
current.

2. Determine the magnetic flux density for a specified field strength


a. in a vacuum given the permeability of a vacuum, and
b. within some solid material given its permeability.

3. Compute the relative permeability for some material given its


permeability, and the permeability of a vacuum. Take the examples from
book for such questions.

4. Calculate the magnetic susceptibility of some material given the value of


its relative permeability.

5. Determine the magnetization of some material given its magnetic


susceptibility and the applied magnetic field strength.

6. From an electronic perspective note and briefly explain the two sources
for magnetic moments in materials.
7. For a specific electron, given its spin orientation as well as its magnetic
quantum number, and, in addition, the magnitude of the Bohr magneton,
compute orbital and spin contributions to its overall magnetic moment.

8. Briefly explain why some atoms will possess no net magnetic moment.

9. (a) Briefly explain the nature and source of diamagnetism.


(b) Note the order-of-magnitude value for the volume susceptibility of
diamagnetic materials.

10. (a) Briefly explain the nature and source of paramagnetism.


(b) Note the order-of-magnitude value range for the volume susceptibility
of paramagnetic materials.

11. (a) Briefly explain the nature and source of ferromagnetism.


(b) For a ferromagnetic material, compute the maximum saturation
magnetization, given the number of Bohr magnetons per atom, the value
of the Bohr magneton, Avogadro's number, and the density and atomic
weight of the material.

12. Briefly explain the nature and source of antiferromagnetism.

13. (a) In terms of the crystal structure, explain the source of ferrimagnetism
for cubic ferrites.
(b) Calculate the saturation magnetism for a cubic ferrite given its
composition, the number of Bohr magnetons associated with each cation
type, the value of the Bohr magneton, and the unit cell edge length.
14. (a) Define Curie temperature.
(b) Briefly explain why saturation magnetization diminishes with
increasing temperature for ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials.

15. Describe the natures of (a) a domain, and (b) a domain wall.

16. (a) Describe magnetic hysteresis.


(b) Explain why ferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic materials experience
magnetic hysteresis.
(c) In terms of magnetic hysteresis, explain why these materials may be
permanent magnets.

17. Given the complete hysteresis loop for a ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic


material, determine:
a. the initial permeability,
b. the remanence, and
c. the coercivity.

18. In terms of magnetic anisotropy, describe what is meant by a direction of


easy magnetization.

19. Briefly describe the technique that is used to minimize energy losses in
transformer cores made of sheets of a polycrystalline 97 wt% Fe-3 wt% Si
alloy.

20. (a) Define soft magnetic material.


(b) Cite the characteristics that are required in order for a ferromagnetic
or ferrimagnetic material to be magnetically soft.
21. (a) Define hard magnetic material.
(b) Cite the characteristics that are required in order for a ferromagnetic
or ferrimagnetic material to be magnetically hard.

22. Briefly explain how information is stored on and retrieved from a


magnetic medium using a recording head.

23. (a) Describe the characteristics of particulate and thin film magnetic
storage media.
(b) For each medium type, briefly explain the mechanism of magnetic
storage.

24. Describe the phenomenon of superconductivity.

25. Define the superconductive (a) critical temperature, (b) critical magnetic
field, and (c) critical current density.

26. In terms of magnetic response, describe the characteristics of types I and


II superconductors.

27. Briefly describe the Meissner effect.

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