What is Mega Gauss?
It is how magnets are measured.
Magnetic flux (abbreviated B) is measured in Gauss.
Magnetic field intensity (abbreviated H) is measured in Oersteds.
The strength of a magnet is the product of the two,
just as electrical power in Watts is the product of
Volts and Amperes.
If we were talking about water powering a water wheel, flux would
be the amount of water flowing per second (the current), and the
field intensity would be the water pressure. A high pressure
squirt gun, or a low pressure fire hose would not turn the wheel
as well or as fast as a high pressure fire hose.
Our magnets have surface fields and field intensityies in thousands
of Gauss and thousands of Oersteds, respectively. When multiplied,
you get millions of Gauss-Oersteds. The prefix "mega" means million,
so a MegaGaussOersted is a million Gauss-Oersteds.
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