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Ferromagnetic vs Coercitivity - What's the difference?

ferromagnetic | coercitivity |

In physics terms the difference between ferromagnetic and coercitivity

is that ferromagnetic is of a material, such as iron or nickel, that is easily magnetized while coercitivity is a measure of the field that has to be applied to a ferromagnetic material to make its magnetization equal to zero.

As an adjective ferromagnetic

is of a material, such as iron or nickel, that is easily magnetized.

As a noun coercitivity is

a measure of the field that has to be applied to a ferromagnetic material to make its magnetization equal to zero.

ferromagnetic

English

(wikipedia ferromagnetic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (physics) of a material, such as iron or nickel, that is easily magnetized

    • Derived terms

    * antiferromagnetic * ferromagnet

    Related terms

    * ferrimagnetic * ferromagnetism * diamagnetic * paramagnetic

    See also

    * hard * soft * coercivity * permeability

    coercitivity

    English

    Noun

    (coercitivities)
  • (physics) A measure of the field that has to be applied to a ferromagnetic material to make its magnetization equal to zero