How to Find the Gauss of a Magnet
- 1). Purchase a gauss meter from a hardware store, or laboratory or school supplier.
- 2). Turn the gauss meter on and make sure the display is cleared of any previous reading.
- 3). Touch the probe of the gauss meter to the magnet to be measured and move it slowly along the magnet's surface.
- 4). Note the highest gauss number given by the gaussmeter's display.
- 5). Turn the magnet over and repeat steps three and four.
- 6). Add the two noted numbers and divide the sum by two to obtain the average of the two readings. The resulting number is the most accurate gauss measurement available from the gauss meter.
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