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A.1 Main Properties of Ferromagnetic Materials

Some material properties of typical ferromagnetic materials are listed in the table below:


Material $ T_c$ $ \mu_0 M_s$ $ A$ $ K_1$ $ l_$ex $ (\gamma M_s)^{-1}$
Unit [K] [T] $ 10^{-11}$ [J/m] $ 10^5$ [J/m$ ^3$] [nm] [ps]
Fe 1044 2.16 1.5 0.48 2.8 2.6
Co 1398 1.82 1.5 5 3.4 3.1
Ni 627 0.62 1.5 -0.057 9.9 9.2
Permalloy 720 1.0 1.3 0 5.7 5.7
CrO$ _2$   0.5 0.1 0.22 3.2 11.4
SmCo$ _5$ 993 1.05 2.4 170 7.4 5.4



$ T_c$ is the Curie temperature of the material, $ M_s$ is the saturation magnetization, $ A$ is the exchange constant, $ K_1$ is the uniaxial magneto-crystalline anisotropy constant, $ l_$ex is the exchange length (see Eq. (1.92)) of the material, $ (\gamma M_s)^{-1}$ is the value of the normalized time unit for a given material.
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Massimiliano d'Aquino 2005-11-26