Energy Product for Permanent Magnets
Determine the power, or BH product, for the magnetic material with the properties shown in Figure 20-11.
Several rectangles have been drawn in the fourth quadrant of the B-H curve. The BH product in each is
BH_{1} = (12,000)(280) = 3.4 × 10^6 gauss ⋅ oersted
BH_{2} = (11,000)(360) = 4.0 × 10^6 gauss ⋅ oersted
BH_{3} = (10,000)(420) = 4.2 × 10^6 gauss ⋅ oersted = maximum
BH_{4} = (9,000)(460) = 4.1 × 10^6 gauss ⋅ oersted
BH_{5} = (8,000)(500) = 4.0 × 10^6 gauss ⋅ oersted
Thus, the power is about 4.2 × 10^6 gauss ⋅ oersted.