Micromagnetic calculation of hysteresis as a function of temperature in pseudo-single domain magnetite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1065-1068

  Muxworthy, A R ^a   Williams, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COHERENT ROTATION; FIELD DIRECTIONS; MICROMAGNETIC CALCULATIONS; MICROMAGNETIC MODELING; MONOCLINIC PHASE; PSEUDO SINGLE DOMAINS; TEMPERATURE DISPLAYS; VERWEY TRANSITIONS;

MAGNETITE; GEOMAGNETISM;

CURIE TEMPERATURE; MICROMAGNETIC CALCULATION; PSEUDO SINGLE DOMAIN MAGNETITE; VERWEY TRANSITION;

HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 0033560516     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900176     Document Type: Article

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