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What is the main parameter to distinguishing two types of magnetic materials namely Soft And Hard?


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Soft materials:

  1. Soft magnetic materials are those that can be easily magnetized or demagnetized.
  2. We typically have less than 1000 Am-1 intimidation.
  3. They are primarily used to enhance and/or channel the flux generated by an electric current.

Hard materials:

  1. Hard magnetic materials are those that have a larger area enclosed by their Hysteresis loop.
  2. These materials are manufactured as permanent magnets.
  3. Hard magnetic materials have a high remnant magnetization and coercivity.

Parameter:

  1. Remanence, also known as remanent or residual magnetization, is the tendency of a ferromagnetic material to maintain net magnetic domain alignment after the effect of an external magnetizing field is removed.
  2. Soft materials have a low remanence, whereas hard materials have a high remanence.

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