How can I calculate the ampere turns necessary for an electromagnet?

May 24, 2015 1 Replies

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Apachedan 11 years ago

I know the size of a piece of iron to be magnetized and the density of the gauss per CM . How can I calculate the ampere turns necessary for that magnet?

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Don Kelly 11 years ago

shape, size of airgap between in the magnetic path? The latter and the flux density will be the dominant factors rather than the iron itself.

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