Heat and Magnetism: How Does the Sun Maintain Its Magnetism?

[H012]

If heat is the nemesis of magnetism how does the sun maintain it's magnetism? Does the sun produce more magnetism than can be destroyed by the heat. Thanks

 

[Vanadium 50]

heat is the nemesis of magnetism

It's not. It's hard to guess what you mean, but if you mean that a ferromagnetic material becomes non ferromagnetic when raised above its Curie temperature, I would argue that this is not relevant to the sun, because it is not a ball of iron.

 

[Drakkith]

Indeed. The Sun's magnetic field is produced by a dynamo effect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_dynamo