# Magnetic inductance

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Gyrator-capacitor model variables
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Magnetic inductance is not to be confused with "Magnetic induction", which usually refers to Magnetic field.

Magnetic inductance (inductive magnetic reactance) (SI Unit: -Ω−1) is a component in the gyrator-capacitor model for magnetic systems.

For phasor analysis the magnetic inductive reactance is:

xL = ωLM

Where:

LM is the magnetic inductivity (SI Unit: -s·Ω-1)
ω is the angular frequency of the magnetic circuit

In the complex form it is a positive imaginary number:

jxL = jωLM

The magnetic potential energy sustained by magnetic inductivity varies with the frequency of oscillations in electric fields. The average power in a given period is equal to zero. Due to its dependence on frequency, magnetic inductance is mainly observable in magnetic circuits which operate at VHF and/or UHF frequencies.

The notion of magnetic inductivity is employed in analysis and computation of circuit behavior in the gyrator-capacitor model in a way analogous to inductance in electrical circuits.

## References

1. Pohl R. W. ELEKTRIZITÄTSLEHRE. – Berlin-Göttingen-Heidelberg: SPRINGER-VERLAG, 1960.
2. Popov V. P. The Principles of Theory of Circuits. – M.: Higher School, 1985, 496 p. (In Russian).

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