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Magnetic reluctance

Magnetic reluctance

Magnetic reluctance

(OP)
Hi all. I haven't been able to find a thread that this fits in so:
What material has the highest reluctance to magnetic fields ? Is air the best there is, or otherwise ?
Another question that does, I think, belong here: In a PMA, can anyone confirm that alternating radially polarised magnets, with a gap between them (6 x 24degree pairs.. 6 degrees air gap) is better than circumferentially polarised ?

Thanks

RE: Magnetic reluctance

Theoretically, diamagnetic materials (e.g. pyrolytic carbon) have a lower magnetic permeability if compared to vacuum (or air). However this has little, if any, practical engineering applications, since the difference is extemelly small.

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RE: Magnetic reluctance

(OP)
Thanks and the "extremely small" is pretty much what I expected.

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