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Invalidation of the Kelvin Force in Ferrofluids

Soft Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

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

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0010412,
  title  = {Invalidation of the Kelvin Force in Ferrofluids},
  author = {Stefan Odenbach and Mario Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0010412},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures