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F. Fiorillo, C. Beatrice, D. Son, H. Ahlers, R. Grössinger, F. Albertini, Y. Liu, A. Lin, E. Patroi, R. Shull, O. Thomas, M. Hall:
"International Comparison of measurements of hard magnets with the Vibrating Sample Magnetometer";
International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 44 (2014), S. 245 - 252.

We present the results of an international comparison regarding the magnetic properties of hard magnets, measured
using the Vibrating Sample Magnetometer. The comparison involved eight different international laboratories, plus two laboratories
using the SQUID magnetometer. It was directed, in particular, at the determination of the hysteresis loop parameters of
hard ferrite and magnetic tape samples. It was carried out in the framework of the activity of the IEC TC68 Working Group 2.
The statistical analysis of the obtained results was performed according to standard rules (e.g. ISO and EURAMET guidelines).
The standard deviation around the mean of the laboratories best estimates is found to be s ∼ 1% in anisotropic ferrites for all
the measured quantities: coercive fields HcJ and HcB, high-field polarization J800 k, polarization at remanence Jr, maximum
energy product (BH)max. Isotropic ferrites show larger dispersion of the best estimates of Jr and HcB (∼ 3%) and (BH)max
(∼6%). For the quantities measured in the magnetic tapes (magnetic moment under applied field H = 400 kA/m m400 k and
at remanence mr, squareness S = m400 k/mr, HcJ)s is found to fluctuate around 2%. In all cases, the relative expanded
uncertainty of the reference value (weighted mean), associated with a 95% confidence level, is at most ±1.5%.

Magnetic measurements, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, hard magnets, measuring uncertainty

http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAE-141786