Orders of magnitude (magnetic field)

Comparison of a wide range of magnetic fields

This page lists examples of magnetic induction B in teslas and gauss produced by various sources, grouped by orders of magnitude.

The magnetic flux density does not measure how strong a magnetic field is, but only how strong the magnetic flux is in a given point or at a given distance (usually right above the magnet's surface). For the intrinsic order of magnitude of magnetic fields, see: Orders of magnitude (magnetic moment).

Note:

* Traditionally, the magnetizing field, H, is measured in amperes per meter.
* Magnetic induction B (also known as magnetic flux density) has the SI unit tesla [T or Wb/m2].[1]
* One tesla is equal to 104 gauss.
* Magnetic field drops off as the inverse cube of the distance (⁠1/distance3⁠) from a dipole source.
* Energy required to produce laboratory magnetic fields increases with the square of magnetic field.[2]

## Examples

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These examples attempt to make the measuring point clear, usually the surface of the item mentioned.

Magnetic field strength (from lower to higher orders of magnitude) Factor

(tesla)

| SI name  | SI

Value

| CGS

Value

| Example of magnetic field strength

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10−18 T  | attotesla  | 1 aT | 10 fG |
5 aT | 50 fG | Sensitivity of Gravity Probe B gyroscope's "SQUID" magnetometer (most sensitive when averaged over days)[3]
10−17 T  | 10 aT | 100 fG
10−16 T  | 100 aT | 1 pG
10−15 T  | femtotesla  | 1 fT | 10 pG
2 fT | 20 pG
10−14 T  | 10 fT | 100 pG |
10−13 T | 100 fT | 1 nG | Human brain
10−12 T  | picotesla  | 1 pT | 10 nG
10−11 T | 10 pT | 100 nG | "Potholes" in the magnetic field found in the heliosheath around the Solar System reported by Voyager 1 (NASA, 2006)[4]
10−10 T  | 100 pT | 1 μG | Heliosphere
10−9 T  | nanotesla  | 1 nT | 10 μG
10−8 T  | 10 nT | 100 μG
10−7 T  | 100 nT | 1 mG | Coffeemaker (30 cm or 1 ft away)[5]
100 nT to 500 nT | 1 mG to 5 mG | Residential electric distribution lines (34.5 kV) (15 m or 49 ft away)[5][6]
10−6 T  | microtesla  | 1 μT | 10 mG | Blender (30 cm or 1 ft away)[5]
1.3 μT to 2.7 μT | 13 mG to 27 mG | High power (500 kV) transmission lines (30 m or 100 ft away)[6]
6 μT | 60 mG | Microwave oven (30 cm or 1 ft away)[5]
10−5 T  | 10 μT | 100 mG |
24 μT | 240 mG | Magnetic tape near tape head
31 μT | 310 mG | Earth's magnetic field at 0° latitude (on the equator)
58 μT | 580 mG | Earth's magnetic field at 50° latitude
10−4 T  | 100 μT | 1 G | Magnetic flux density that will induce an electromotive force of 10−8 volts in each centimeter of a wire moving perpendicularly at 1 ⁠centimeter/second⁠ by definition (1 gauss = 1 ⁠maxwell/centimeter²⁠)[7]
500 μT | 5 G | Suggested exposure limit for cardiac pacemakers by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
10−3 T  | millitesla  | 1 mT | 10 G | Refrigerator magnets (10 G[8] to 100 G[9])
10−2 T  | centitesla  | 10 mT | 100 G
30 mT | 300 G | Penny-sized ferrite magnet
10−1 T | decitesla | 100 mT | 1 kG | Penny-sized neodymium magnet
150 mT | 1.5 kG | Sunspot
100 T  | tesla  | 1 T | 10 kG | Inside the core of a 60 Hz power transformer (1 T to 2 T as of 2001[update])[10][11] or voice coil gap of a loudspeaker magnet (1 T to 2.4 T as of 2006[update])[12]
1.5 T to 7 T | 15 kG to 70 kG | Medical magnetic resonance imaging systems (in practice)[13][14][15]
9.4 T | 94 kG | Experimental magnetic resonance imaging systems: NMR spectrometer at 400 MHz (9.4 T) to 500 MHz (11.7 T)
101 T  | decatesla  | 10 T | 100 kG
11.7 T | 117 kG
16 T | 160 kG | Levitate a frog by distorting its atomic orbitals[16]
23.5 T | 235 kG | 1 GHz NMR spectrometer[17]
32 T | 320 kG | Strongest continuous magnet field produced by all-superconducting magnet[18][19]
38 T | 380 kG | Strongest continuous magnetic field produced by non-superconductive resistive magnet[20]
45.22 T | 452.2 kG | Strongest non-tiny continuous magnetic field produced in a laboratory (Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in Hefei, China, 2022),[21] beating previous 45 T record (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's FSU, USA, 1999)[22] (both are hybrid magnets, combining a superconducting magnet with a resistive magnet)
45.5 T | 455 kG | Strongest continuous magnetic field produced in a laboratory (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's FSU, USA, 2019), though the magnet is tiny (only 390 grams)[23]
102 T  | hectotesla  | 100 T | 1 MG | Strongest pulsed non-destructive ("multi-shot") magnetic field produced in a laboratory (Pulsed Field Facility at National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA)[24]
103 T  | kilotesla  | 1 kT | 10 MG |
1.2 kT | 12 MG | Record for indoor pulsed magnetic field, (University of Tokyo, 2018)[25]
2.8 kT | 28 MG | Record for human produced, pulsed magnetic field, (VNIIEF, 2001)[26]
104 T | 10 kT | 100 MG |
35 kT | 350 MG | Felt by valence electrons in a xenon atom due to the spin–orbit effect[27]
105 T  | 100 kT | 1 GG | Non-magnetar neutron stars[28]
106 T  | megatesla  | 1 MT | 10 GG
107 T  | 10 MT | 100 GG
108 T  | 100 MT | 1 TG
109 T  | gigatesla  | 1 GT | 10 TG | Schwinger limit (~4.41 GT) above which the electromagnetic field becomes nonlinear
1.6 GT | 16 TG | Swift J0243.6+6124 most magnetic pulsar[29][30]
1010 T  | 10 GT | 100 TG | Magnetar neutron stars[31]
1011 T  | 100 GT | 1 PG
1012 T  | teratesla  | 1 TT  | 10 PG  |
1013 T  | 10 TT  | 100 PG  |
1014 T | 100 TT | 1 EG | Magnetic fields inside heavy ion collisions at RHIC[32][33]

## References

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3. ^ Range, Shannon K'doah. Gravity Probe B: Examining Einstein's Spacetime with Gyroscopes. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. October 2004.
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## See also

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