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I started reading Lectures on Electrical Engineering Vol I, Steinmetz. I thought I should be able to understand most of it, but I don't get the first page! It says that: 'The total number of lines of force issuing from a magnet pole is called its magnetic flux. The magnetic flux, phi, of a magnet pole of strength m is, phi = 4*pi*m '.
What does this mean, and what are the units of m? I thought that because the magnetic lines always formed closed circuits that the flux through a closed surface around a magnetic pole should be zero. I'd really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me.
What does this mean, and what are the units of m? I thought that because the magnetic lines always formed closed circuits that the flux through a closed surface around a magnetic pole should be zero. I'd really appreciate it if someone could explain this to me.