An approach to modeling the dependence of magnetization on magnetic field in the high field regime

The "law of approach to saturation" is a well-known mathematical model for describing the behavior of ferromagnets at high magnetic field strengths which has the additional advantage that it call be linked to anisotropy through one of the terms in the mathematical expression of the law. In this paper, two recent and more comprehensive models of the magnetization process are compared with the law of approach and with each other in terms of their capability to describe the dependence of the magnetization curve in the high field regime. The comparison leads to relations between these two models and the interpretation of certain aspects of the models in terms of anisotropy. It is shown that the effects of anisotropy call be incorporated directly into these models Without any additional assumptions. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.