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alternating gradient

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alternating gradient [′ȯl·tər·nād·iŋ ′grād·ē·ənt]
(electromagnetism)
A magnetic field in which successive magnets have gradients of opposite sign, so that the field increases with radius in one magnet and decreases with radius in the next; used in synchrotrons and cyclotrons.


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Four types of magnetic measurement tools were used in this study: vibrating-sample magnetometer (VSM) (8,9), alternating gradient force magnetometer (AGM) (10-12), superconducting quantum-interference-device (SQUID) magnetometer (13), and inductive-field (B-H) looper (14).
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