Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flux-density of 1000 lines per square centimeter: a practical unit of magnetic flux-density or magnetic induction.
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- noun physics A unit of
magnetic field equal to 1,000gauss
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Examples
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They can put out planar 25+ kilogauss with just a 200mwatt UV laser beam.
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Furthermore, it is known from experiment that the application of short duration intense magnetic fields (several hundred kilogauss) to copper cores can reveal that they have momentarily experienced a near-molten state from which they were spontaneously cooled when the magnetization pulse terminated.
Chapter 4 1990
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In 1924 he developed methods for obtaining very strong magnetic fields and produced fields up to 320 kilogauss in a volume of 2 cm3.
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