Invalidation of the Kelvin Force in Ferrofluids

Abstract

Direct and unambiguous experimental evidence for the magnetic force density being of the form $M\nabla B$ in a certain geometry - rather than being the Kelvin force $M\nabla H$ - is provided for the first time. (M is the magnetization, H the field, and B the flux density.)

4 pages, 4 figures

References in corpus (1)

• The Range of Validity for the Kelvin Force

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• Kelvin force in a layer of magnetic fluid
• Comment on "Invalidation of the Kelvin Force in Ferrofluids"