Magnetism

Magnetic Materials and Their Applications.- 15 - Permanent magnets.- 16 - Soft materials for electrical engineering and low frequency electronics.- 17 - Soft materials for high frequency electronics.- 18 - Magnetostrictive materials.- 19 - Superconductivity.- 20 - Magnetic thin films and multilayers.- 21 - Principles of magnetic recording.- 22 - Ferrofluids.- Other Aspects of Magnetism.- 23 - Magnetic resonance imaging.- 24 - Magnetism of earth materials and geomagnetism.- 25 - Magnetism and the Life Sciences.- 26 - Practical magnetism and instrumentation.- Appendices.- 1. Symbols used in the text.- 2. Units and universal constants.- 1. Conversion of MKSA units into the CGS system, and other unit systems of common use.- 2. Some fundamental physical constants.- 3. Periodic table of the elements.- 4. Magnetic susceptibilities.- 5. Ferromagnetic materials.- 6. Economic aspects of magnetic materials.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Hard materials for permanent magnets.- 2.1. The applications for magnets.- 2.2. The main families of permanent magnets.- 2.3. Bonded magnets.- 2.4. Geographical distribution.- 3. Soft materials.- 3.1. Soft iron.- 3.2. Iron-silicon alloys.- 3.3. Special alloys.- 3.4. High frequency materials.- 4. Materials for magnetic recording.- 5. Other magnetic materials.- 5.1. Magnetostrictive materials.- 5.2. Ferrofluids.- General references.- Index by material.- Index by subject.