How to Use magnetic moment in a Sentence

magnetic moment

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  • Iron is much cheaper and much more [available] than cobalt, and iron has higher magnetic moment than cobalt.
    — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2022
  • Cool them down, and their tiny magnetic moments snap into place like disciplined soldiers.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026
  • On the one hand, the atoms inside iron germanium have magnetic moments that tend to want to align with their neighbors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But, as the rock cools, the magnetic moment from all the iron atoms begin to line up, thanks to the Earth's magnetic field.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The magnets misalign, reducing the magnetic moment of the rocks.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The neutrino could have a magnetic moment, explaining these events.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • However, the magnetic moment of an actual piece of iron would depend on the strength of the magnetic field that induces it.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 31 Dec. 2021
  • In a typical magnet, countless tiny magnetic moments all point in the same direction, adding up to a clear external field.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026
  • An electron’s spin generates a magnetic moment.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2021
  • When many electrons with identical spins are close together, their magnetic moments can align and join forces to form a larger magnetic field.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Part of what sets the axial Higgs boson apart from the Higgs boson is its magnetic moment.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 9 June 2022
  • On the other hand, the structure of the crystal itself motivates the magnetic moments to rotate with respect to their neighbors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The electron’s spin can be readily rotated by magnetic fields, with its magnetic moment serving as a sort of handle.
    — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • In this state, atomic magnetic moments arrange themselves into swirling vortex patterns.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Many years in the making, the experiment aimed to achieve very, very good measurements of the behavior of something called the magnetic moment of a muon.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The muon’s magnetic moment determines how fast the particle’s spin axis orbits around magnetic field lines.
    — Sabine Hossenfelder, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Because of the uneven number of particles in the nucleus, helium three has a strong magnetic moment. The helium is put into a state where all the magnets point in the same direction, creating what is called magnon.
    — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 2 June 2018
  • The ratio between those values is proportional to the electron’s magnetic moment.
    — Katrina Miller, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Years ago, physicists attempted to measure the magnetic moment of the muon to incredible precision, and got a value.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Making progress on this vexing problem boils down to better calculations and more precise measurements of the muon’s magnetic moment.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The interaction creates a wobble in the magnetic moments of electrons within the second layer.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2019
  • On Thursday researchers announced the latest measurement milestone, which pins down the muon’s magnetic moment to an error of just one part in five million.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The internal magnetic moments align, releasing heat.
    — Etiido Uko march 23, New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2026
  • In that model, magnetic moments are arranged in a grid, where each atom's moment can only interact with—and potentially change—the moment of a next-door neighbor.
    — Meredith Fore, WIRED, 5 July 2019
  • The magnetic moment is affected by a menagerie of virtual particles that continuously pop in and out of existence.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2021
  • In 2021 the collaboration measured the muon’s magnetic moment to a precision of one part in two million.
    — Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2023
  • As the sun set brilliantly over the Caribbean Sea, those were magnetic moments that had returned as a timely cue to appreciate the raw beauty of kindness.
    — Tenille Clarke, Essence, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The Standard Model predicts the anomalous magnetic moment very precisely.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The atoms in a magnetic material like iron or nickel each have something called a magnetic moment, which is basically a tiny individual magnetic field.
    — Quanta Magazine, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Based on calculations of the magnetic moment from that first run, the scientists observed that the muons wobbled — or precessed — significantly more than theory predicts.
    — Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2021

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