COERCIVITY

Coercivity

In materials science, the coercivity, also called the coercive field or coercive force, is a measure of a ferromagnetic or ferroelectric material to withstand an external magnetic or electric field.

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coercivity

Noun

  1. The quality of being coercive
  2. The intensity of the magnetic field which must be applied in order to reduce the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to zero after the magnetization of the sample has been driven to saturation


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