Mx (Noun)
Meaning
A cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The magnetic flux through the coil was measured in millioersted, but then converted to maxwell for easier comparison with other experiments.
- A maxwell is defined as the magnetic flux which, linking a circuit of one turn, would produce in it an electromotive force of one abvolt if it were reduced to zero at a uniform rate in one second, but in cgs units it is also equal to one mx times one second.
- The mx is a cgs unit of magnetic flux equal to the flux perpendicular to an area of 1 square centimeter in a magnetic field of 1 gauss.
- The maxwell is the cgs unit of magnetic flux, but in some contexts the mx is used as an abbreviation for the same unit.
- The magnetic flux density was measured in gauss and the area in square centimeters, so the total flux was calculated in mx.