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Gauss/Teslas



Hi all,
       a teeny note to clarify the units :

Weber (Wb)  = 10^8  lines of magnetic flux
Tesla (T)   = flux density  (flux lines/unit area). 1T = 1 Wb/m^2.

So 1 Tesla is 10^8 flux lines/square metre

Hope this helps,
Malcolm 

> >Gauss???????? I thought they redefined the units for measuring magnetic flux
> 
> >as Teslas??
> Joe,
>     US system:  Gauss   
>     Metric      Tesla
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>     jim
>     also cps, not hertz. What's a hertz: that which occurs when I
> use a hammer on the wrong nail:)
> 
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