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hysteresis loop

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hysteresis loop [‚his·tə′rē·səs ‚lüp]
(physics)
The closed curve followed by a material displaying hysteresis (such as a ferromagnet or ferroelectric) on a graph of a driven variable (such as magnetic flux density or electric polarization) versus the driving variable (such as magnetic field or electric field).


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He detailed the variations that occur when using a rheometer hysteresis loop to indicate thixotropic behavior, compared with a rheometer using a three-speed step technique.
This calculated parameter may be found in ASTM D5992 and assumes the hysteresis loop is a perfect ellipse.
The results show that a good candidate for an SRM must have a highly square hysteresis loop ([m.
 
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