Concept information
Preferred term
remanent magnetization
Definition
- Remanence or remanent magnetization or residual magnetism is the magnetization left behind in a ferromagnetic material (such as iron) after an external magnetic field is removed. Colloquially, when a magnet is "magnetized", it has remanence. The remanence of magnetic materials provides the magnetic memory in magnetic storage devices, and is used as a source of information on the past Earth's magnetic field in paleomagnetism. The word remanence is from remanent + -ence, meaning "that which remains". (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remanence)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- remanent magnetisation
In other languages
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French
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magnétisation rémanente
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-JZ256XQ9-G
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