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===Magnetization=== {{Main|Magnetization}} The ''magnetization'' vector field {{math|'''M'''}} represents how strongly a region of material is magnetized. It is defined as the net [[magnetic dipole moment]] per unit volume of that region. The magnetization of a uniform magnet is therefore a material constant, equal to the magnetic moment {{math|'''m'''}} of the magnet divided by its volume. Since the SI unit of magnetic moment is Aβ m<sup>2</sup>, the SI unit of magnetization {{math|'''M'''}} is ampere per meter, identical to that of the {{math|'''H'''}}-field. The magnetization {{math|'''M'''}} field of a region points in the direction of the average magnetic dipole moment in that region. Magnetization field lines, therefore, begin near the magnetic south pole and ends near the magnetic north pole. (Magnetization does not exist outside the magnet.) In the Amperian loop model, the magnetization is due to combining many tiny Amperian loops to form a resultant current called ''[[bound current]]''. This bound current, then, is the source of the magnetic {{math|'''B'''}} field due to the magnet. Given the definition of the magnetic dipole, the magnetization field follows a similar law to that of Ampere's law:<ref>{{harvnb|Griffiths|1999|pp=266β268}}</ref> <math display="block">\oint \mathbf{M} \cdot \mathrm{d}\boldsymbol{\ell} = I_\mathrm{b},</math> where the integral is a line integral over any closed loop and {{math|''I''<sub>b</sub>}} is the bound current enclosed by that closed loop. In the magnetic pole model, magnetization begins at and ends at magnetic poles. If a given region, therefore, has a net positive "magnetic pole strength" (corresponding to a north pole) then it has more magnetization field lines entering it than leaving it. Mathematically this is equivalent to: <math display="block">\oint_S \mu_0 \mathbf{M} \cdot \mathrm{d}\mathbf{A} = - q_\mathrm{M},</math> where the integral is a closed surface integral over the closed surface {{math|''S''}} and {{math|''q''<sub>M</sub>}} is the "magnetic charge" (in units of [[magnetic flux]]) enclosed by {{math|''S''}}. (A closed surface completely surrounds a region with no holes to let any field lines escape.) The negative sign occurs because the magnetization field moves from south to north.
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