Units of Magnetizing Force
Description
Examples
Magnetizing force has the dimension electric current per length. The SI composite unit of magnetizing force is the ampere per meter.
Maple knows the units of magnetizing force listed in the following table.
Name
Symbols
Context
Alternate Spellings
Prefixes
oersted
Oe
standard *
oersteds
SI
An asterisk ( * ) indicates the default context, an at sign (@) indicates an abbreviation, and under the prefixes column, SI indicates that the unit takes all SI prefixes, IEC indicates that the unit takes IEC prefixes, and SI+ and SI- indicate that the unit takes only positive and negative SI prefixes, respectively. Refer to a unit in the Units package by indexing the name or symbol with the context, for example, oersted[standard] or Oe[standard]; or, if the context is indicated as the default, by using only the unit name or symbol, for example, oersted or Oe.
The unit of magnetizing force is defined as follows.
An oersted is defined as 250π amperes per meter.
convert⁡oersted,dimensions,base=true
electric_currentlength
convert⁡1,units,Oe,Am
250π
convert⁡1.0,units,Oe,Am
79.57747154
See Also
convert/dimensions
convert/units
Units
Units/electric_current
Units/Index
Units/length
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