{"id":1322,"date":"2017-03-27T13:44:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T20:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/?page_id=1322"},"modified":"2026-08-29T20:56:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T03:56:22","slug":"vsm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/vsm\/","title":{"rendered":"VSM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull wsu-width--full is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PMC MicroMag 2900\/3900 VSM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A vibrating sample magnetometer or VSM is a scientific instrument that measures magnetic properties. Sample\u2019s magnetic moment\/magnetization, estimated by the change of the induced voltage in the pickup coil, is continuously recorded while the applied magnetic field is changing. The applied magnetic field is measured using a Hall effect probe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PMC MicroMag 2900\/3900 is made by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lakeshore.com\/Pages\/Home.aspx\">Lake Shore Cryotronics<\/a>. The maximum applied magnetic field can reach 2.2 T. Samples can be bulk, powders, thin film or liquids. Our VSM system is coming with high temperature oven (~1000K) and cryostat accessory (~4.2K). Plenty of magnetic measurements can be performed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(some primary measurements are listed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Major hysteresis loop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minor hysteresis loop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First order reversal cruve<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Magnetic anisotropy measurement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample demegetization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isothermal remanent magnetization<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/equipment-manuals\/\">Manual [click here]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:1.1rem\"><strong>\u2190 Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/characterization\/\">Characterization equipment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-labs\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2017\/03\/VSM-396x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PMC MicroMag 2900\/3900 VSM A vibrating sample magnetometer or VSM is a scientific instrument that measures magnetic properties. Sample\u2019s magnetic moment\/magnetization, estimated by the change of the induced voltage in the pickup coil, is continuously recorded while the applied magnetic field is changing. The applied magnetic field is measured using a Hall effect probe. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3880,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[417],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3880"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1322"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3312,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1322\/revisions\/3312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=1322"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/mccloy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=1322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}