This page lists examples of magnetic induction B in teslas and gauss produced by various sources. They are grouped by orders of magnitude, and each section covers three orders of magnitude, or a factor of one thousand.
Note:
- Traditionally, magnetizing field H, is measured in amperes per meter. Magnetic induction B (also known as magnetic flux density) has SI units teslas or . When we are using these units in vacuum, one tesla is equal to 104 gauss.
- Magnetic field drops off as the cube of the distance from the source (for a dipole). These examples attempt to make the measuring point clear, usually the surface of the item mentioned.
| Factor (tesla) | SI prefix | Value | Value (Gauss) | Item |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10−18 | attotesla | 5 aT | 50 fG | SQUID magnetometers on Gravity Probe B gyroscopes measure fields at this level over several days of averaged measurements |
| 10−15 | femtotesla | 2 fT | 20 pG | SQUID magnetometers on Gravity Probe B gyros measure fields at this level in about one second |
| 10−12 | picotesla | 0.1 - 1.0 pT | 1 - 10 nG | human brain magnetic field |
| 10−11 | 1.0×10−11 T | 100 nG | In September 2006, NASA found "potholes" in the magnetic field in the heliosheath around our solar system that are 10 picoteslas as reported by Voyager 1 | |
| 10−9 | nanotesla | 0.1 nT to 10 nT | 1 - 100 µG | magnetic field strength in the heliosphere |
| 10−6 | microtesla | 24 µT | 240 mG | strength of magnetic tape near tape head |
| 10−5 | 31 µT | 310 mG | strength of Earth's magnetic field at 0° latitude (on the equator) | |
| 58 µT (5.8×10−5 T) | 580 mG | strength of Earth's magnetic field at 50° latitude | ||
| 10−3 | millitesla | 0.5 mT | 5 G | the suggested exposure limit for cardiac pacemakers by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) |
| 5 mT | 50 G | the strength of a typical refrigerator magnet | ||
| 10−1 | 0.15 T | 1.5 kG | the magnetic field strength of a sunspot | |
| 100 | tesla | 1 T to 2.4 T | 10 - 24 kG | coil gap of a typical loudspeaker magnet. |
| 1 — 2 T | inside the core of a modern 60 Hz power transformer | |||
| 1.25 T | 12.5 kG | strength of a modern neodymium-iron-boron (Nd2Fe14B) rare earth magnet. A coin-sized neodymium magnet can lift more than 9 kg, pinch skin and erase credit cards. | ||
| 1.5 T to 3 T | 15 - 30 kG | strength of medical magnetic resonance imaging systems in practice, experimentally up to 8 T | ||
| 9.4 T | 94 kG | Modern high resolution research magnetic resonance imaging system | ||
| 101 | 11.7 T | 117 kG | field strength of a 500 MHz NMR spectrometer | |
| 16 T | 160 kG | strength used to levitate a frog | ||
| 23.5 T | 235 kG | field strength of a 1 GHz NMR spectrometer | ||
| 36.2 T | 362 kG | strongest continuous magnetic field produced by non-superconductive resistive magnet. | ||
| 45 T | 450 kG | strongest continuous magnetic field yet produced in a laboratory (Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, USA). | ||
| 102 | 100.75 T | 1 MG | strongest (pulsed) magnetic field yet obtained non-destructively in a laboratory (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA) | |
| 730 T | 7.3 MG | strongest pulsed magnetic field yet obtained in a laboratory, destroying the used equipment, but not the laboratory itself (Institute for Solid State Physics, Tokyo) | ||
| 103 | kilotesla | 2.8 kT | 28 MG | strongest (pulsed) magnetic field ever obtained (with explosives) in a laboratory (VNIIEF in Sarov, Russia, 1998) |
| 106 | megatesla | 1 to 100 MT (106 T to 108 T) | 10 - 1000 GG (0.01 - 1 TG) | strength of a neutron star |
| 109 | gigatesla | 0.1 to 100 GT (108 to 1011 T) | 1 - 1000 TG (0.001 - 1 PG) | strength of a magnetar |
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