Thermoremanence in monoclinic pyrrhotite particles containing few domains

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3461-3464

  Menyeh, A ^a,b   O'Reilly, W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REMANENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; DOMAIN WALLS;

MONOCLINIC PYRRHOTITE PARTICLES; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION; BLOCKING TEMPERATURE; DEMAGNETIZING FACTORS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE DEPENDENCE; SIZE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMOREMANENCE;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0032531363     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02220     Document Type: Article

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