This page lists examples of magnetic induction B in teslas and gauss produced by various sources, grouped by orders of magnitude.

Note:

Examples

These examples attempt to make the measuring point clear, usually the surface of the item mentioned.

Magnetic field strength (from lower to higher orders of magnitude)
Factor

(tesla)

SI name SI

Value

CGS

Value

Example of magnetic field strength
10−18 T attotesla 1 aT 10 fG
5 aT 50 fG Sensitivity of Gravity Probe B gyroscope's "SQUID" magnetometer (most sensitive when averaged over days)[3]
10−17 T 10 aT 100 fG
10−16 T 100 aT 1 pG
10−15 T femtotesla 1 fT 10 pG
2 fT 20 pG
10−14 T 10 fT 100 pG
10−13 T 100 fT 1 nG Human brain
10−12 T picotesla 1 pT 10 nG
10−11 T 10 pT 100 nG "Potholes" in the magnetic field found in the heliosheath around the Solar System reported by Voyager 1 (NASA, 2006)[4]
10−10 T 100 pT 1 μG Heliosphere
10−9 T nanotesla 1 nT 10 μG
10−8 T 10 nT 100 μG
10−7 T 100 nT 1 mG Coffeemaker (30 cm or 1 ft away)[5]
100 nT to 500 nT 1 mG to 5 mG Residential electric distribution lines (34.5 kV) (15 m or 49 ft away)[5][6]
10−6 T microtesla 1 μT 10 mG Blender (30 cm or 1 ft away)[5]
1.3 μT to 2.7 μT 13 mG to 27 mG High power (500 kV) transmission lines (30 m or 100 ft away)[6]
6 μT 60 mG Microwave oven (30 cm or 1 ft away)[5]
10−5 T 10 μT 100 mG
24 μT 240 mG Magnetic tape near tape head
31 μT 310 mG Earth's magnetic field at 0° latitude (on the equator)
58 μT 580 mG Earth's magnetic field at 50° latitude
10−4 T 100 μT 1 G Magnetic flux density that will induce an electromotive force of 10-8 volts in each centimeter of a wire moving perpendicularly at 1 centimeter/second by definition (1 gauss = 1 maxwell/centimeter²)[7]
500 μT 5 G Suggested exposure limit for cardiac pacemakers by American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
10−3 T millitesla 1 mT 10 G Refrigerator magnets (loosely quoted as: 10 G,[8] 50 G,[9] 100 G,[10][11] 300 G[12])
10−2 T centitesla 10 mT 100 G
30 mT 300 G Penny-sized ferrite magnet
10−1 T decitesla 100 mT 1 kG Penny-sized neodymium magnet
150 mT 1.5 kG Sunspot
100 T tesla 1 T 10 kG Inside the core of a 60 Hz power transformer (1 T to 2 T as of 2001)[13][14] or voice coil gap of a loudspeaker magnet (1 T to 2.4 T as of 2006)[15]
1.5 T to 7 T 15 kG to 70 kG Medical magnetic resonance imaging systems (in practice)[16][17][18]
9.4 T 94 kG Experimental magnetic resonance imaging systems: NMR spectrometer at 400 MHz (9.4 T) to 500 MHz (11.7 T)
101 T decatesla 10 T 100 kG
11.7 T 117 kG
16 T 160 kG Levitate a frog by distorting its atomic orbitals[19]
23.5 T 235 kG 1 GHz NMR spectrometer[20]
32 T 235 kG Strongest continuous magnet field produced by all-superconducting magnet[21][22]
38 T 380 kG Strongest continuous magnetic field produced by non-superconductive resistive magnet[23]
45.22 T 452.2 kG Strongest non-tiny continuous magnetic field produced in a laboratory (Steady High Magnetic Field Facility (SHMFF) in Hefei, China, 2022),[24] beating previous 45 T record (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's FSU, USA, 1999)[25] (both are hybrid magnets, combining a superconducting magnet with a resistive magnet)
45.5 T 455 kG Strongest continuous magnetic field produced in a laboratory (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's FSU, USA, 2019), though the magnet is tiny (only 390 grams)[26]
102 T hectotesla 100 T 1 MG Strongest pulsed non-destructive ("multi-shot") magnetic field produced in a laboratory (Pulsed Field Facility at National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA)[27]
103 T kilotesla 1 kT 10 MG
1.2 kT 12 MG Record for indoor pulsed magnetic field, (University of Tokyo, 2018)[28]
2.8 kT 28 MG Record for human produced, pulsed magnetic field, (VNIIEF, 2001)[29]
104 T 10 kT 100 MG
35 kT 350 MG Felt by valence electrons in a xenon atom due to the spin–orbit effect[30]
105 T 100 kT 1 GG Non-magnetar neutron stars[31]
106 T megatesla 1 MT 10 GG
107 T 10 MT 100 GG
108 T 100 MT 1 TG
109 T gigatesla 1 GT 10 TG Schwinger limit (~4.41 GT) above which the electromagnetic field becomes nonlinear
1010 T 10 GT 100 TG Magnetar neutron stars[32]
1011 T 100 GT 1 PG
1012 T teratesla 1 TT 10 PG
1013 T 10 TT 100 PG
16 TT 160 PG Swift J0243.6+6124 most magnetic pulsar[33][34]
1014 T 100 TT 1 EG Magnetic fields inside heavy ion collisions at RHIC[35][36]

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