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Whenaferromagneticmaterialismagnetizedinonedirection,itwillnotrelax backtozeromagnetizationwhentheimposedmagnetizingfieldisremoved.It mustbedrivenbacktozerobyafieldintheoppositedirection.Ifan alternatingmagneticfieldisappliedtothematerial,itsmagnetizationwilltrace outaloopcalledahysteresisloop.Thelackofretraceabilityofthe magnetizationcurveisthepropertycalledhysteresisanditisrelatedtothe existenceofmagneticdomainsinthematerial.Oncethemagneticdomainsare reoriented,ittakessomeenergytoturnthembackagain.Thispropertyof ferrromagneticmaterialsisusefulasamagnetic"memory".Some compositionsofferromagneticmaterialswillretainanimposedmagnetization indefinitelyandareusefulas"permanentmagnets".Themagneticmemory aspectsofironandchromiumoxidesmakethemusefulinaudiotaperecording andforthemagneticstorageofdataoncomputerdisks. HyperPhysics*****CondensedMatter*****Electricityand Magnetism
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HysteresisLoop
ItiscustomarytoplotthemagnetizationMofthesampleasafunctionofthe magneticfieldstrengthH,sinceHisameasureoftheexternallyappliedfield
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HysteresisinMagneticRecording
Becauseofhysteresis,aninputsignalatthelevelindicatedbythedashedline couldgiveamagnetizationanywherebetweenCandD,dependinguponthe immediateprevioushistoryofthetape(i.e.,thesignalwhichprecededit).This clearlyunacceptablesituationisremediedbythebiassignalwhichcyclesthe oxidegrainsaroundtheirhysteresisloopssoquicklythatthemagnetization averagestozerowhennosignalisapplied.Theresultofthebiassignalislikea magneticeddywhichsettlesdowntozeroifthereisnosignalsuperimposed uponit.Ifthereisasignal,itoffsetsthebiassignalsothatitleavesaremnant magnetizationproportionaltothesignaloffset. Index
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VariationsinHysteresisCurves
Thereisconsiderablevariationinthehysteresisofdifferentmagneticmaterials.
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