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coercive force [kō′ər·siv ′fȯrs]

(electromagnetism)

The magnetic fieldHwhich must be applied to a magnetic material in a symmetrical, cyclicly magnetized fashion, to make the magnetic inductionBvanish. Also known as magnetic coercive force.

Coercive Force

one of the characteristics of the phenomenon of hysteresis. In magnetic hysteresis the coercive force is the magnetic field intensity at which a ferromagnetic specimen that has been initially magnetized to saturation becomes demagnetized. A distinction is made between the coercive force _JH_c (or H_c) and the force _BH_c, when the magnetization J of the specimen or the magnetic induction B in the specimen becomes zero.

Coercive forces are measured by means of coercimeters. The values for ferromagnetic materials vary over a wide range, from 10^-3 to 10⁴ oersteds, or 8 x 10^-2 to 8 x 10⁵ amperes per meter (A/m). For a given magnetic material the coercive force depends to a large extent on the preparation of the specimen and on its treatment, as well as on external conditions, such as temperature. According to the magnitude of the coercive force, magnetic materials are customarily divided into magnetically soft materials (small H_c) and magnetically hard materials (large H_c). The value of the coercive force is determined by the factors that oppose remagnetization of the specimen. The presence of impurities, lattice defects, and various types of inhomogeneities in a specimen hinders the movement of domain walls and thus increases H_c.

Particularly high values of coercive force (10³–10⁴ oersteds) are achieved by single-domain ferromagnetic particles (with substantial magnetic anisotropy). The coercive force of ferroelectric materials is considered to be like that of ferromagnetic materials.

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Simultaneously, China aggressively modernized its military and fundamentally altered how it could apply coercive force against Taiwan and against any intervening forces.

"The myth of an isolated scenario" by Lin, Wen-Lung Laurence; Cassidy, Michael / Naval War College Review

Have we, for example, fully faced the moral ambiguities involved in the establishment of Christianity as an imperial religion by the Theodosian Code--the accommodation of the lifestyles of the wealthy and powerful it required, the persecution of non-Christians deemed reasonable, and the sanctioning of coercive force in Jesus' name?

Missed Opportunities by Egan, Robert J. / Commonweal

It is not a question of whether people have a right to do immoral things, like use cocaine or LSD, but rather a question of whether the effort to use the coercive force of the law will be futile or even counterproductive.

Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline by George, Robert P. / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy