Magnetic Flux Converter — weber, maxwell

Convert magnetic flux between webers, milli/microwebers and maxwells.

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Magnetic Flux Converter

Magnetism • 6 units

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How to Use the Magnetic Flux Converter

  1. Enter a value — type any number. Invalid text and symbols are blocked automatically.
  2. Select From and To units — choose the units to convert between.
  3. Read the animated result — the converted value, factor, and full reference table update instantly.
  4. Use Swap (⇄) — reverse the conversion in one click.

Why Use This Magnetic Flux Converter

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Wb is the reference unit

All 6 units on the Magnetic Flux Converter are defined against the Weber (Wb), so each result is one conversion factor away from a single reference rather than the end of a chain of roundings.

Opens on Weber → Maxwell

The conversion this page is most often opened for is ready before you type anything: 1 Wb = 100,000,000 Mx. Change either side and every row in the table recalculates with it.

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Understanding the Magnetic Flux Converter

The weber-to-maxwell step is the largest ratio on this page — one weber is 10⁸ maxwells — because the CGS unit was sized for the fields a nineteenth-century laboratory could produce. Real machine cores work in milliwebers, so a core carrying 2 mWb is carrying 200,000 Mx, and any figure from older magnetics literature needs this step before it can sit alongside a modern datasheet.

Flux follows directly from flux density and area, and the chain from there to voltage is short. A core of 5 cm² cross-section running at 1.5 T carries 0.75 mWb. Feed that into the transformer equation for a sinusoidal supply, E = 4.44 f N Φ, and a 200-turn winding at 50 Hz develops about 33 V. That single calculation explains why turns count, core area and frequency are never chosen independently: fix any two and the third is decided.

Because one weber is one volt-second, flux is one of the few magnetic quantities that can be measured directly rather than inferred. A fluxmeter is an integrator: it accumulates the voltage induced in a search coil over time, so its reading is literally in volt-seconds. The quantity to keep separate is flux linkage, the product of flux and turns, measured in weber-turns — it is what actually determines induced voltage in a multi-turn winding, and it is frequently reported as though it were flux itself.

Common Magnetic Flux Converter Values

Quick reference — 1 Weber (Wb) is equal to:

MilliwebermWb1,000
MicroweberµWb1,000,000
MaxwellMx100,000,000
Volt-secondV·s1
Tesla-meter²T·m²1

Formula & Logic — magnetic flux conversion

6 units of magnetic flux, each a fixed multiple of the Wb. The table spans 100,000,000:1, from Mx (0.00000001 Wb) to T·m² (1 Wb). Conversion is one multiplication into the base unit and one division out of it, with no lookup table and no approximation.

value_to = value_from × (factor_from ÷ factor_to)1 Wb = 1 Wb1 mWb = 0.001 Wb1 µWb = 0.000001 Wb1 Mx = 0.00000001 Wb1 V·s = 1 Wb1 T·m² = 1 Wb

where:

base unit
Wb
factor_from
Wb is the base unit, so this factor is exactly 1
factor_to
1 Mx = 0.00000001 Wb
combined
1 Wb = 100000000 Mx

Assumptions: Factors are exact definitions. Full double precision is carried internally and rounding is applied only for display.

Worked Example: 25 Wb to Mx

  • Value25 Wb
  • FromWeber (Wb)
  • ToMaxwell (Mx)
  • Base unitWb
  1. Into the base unit: 25 × 1 = 25 Wb.
  2. Out of the base unit: 25 ÷ 0.00000001 = 2500000000 Mx.
  3. Folded into one constant: 1 Wb = 100000000 Mx, so the result is larger than the input.

Result25 Wb = 2500000000 Mx

Magnetic Flux Converter FAQ

1 weber = 100,000,000 maxwells (1 Mx = 10⁻⁸ Wb). The weber is the SI unit; the maxwell is the older CGS unit.

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✔ Written & reviewed by Dr Sam — 20+ yrs in management & research leadership📅 Last updated September 2026📚 Sources: NIST & BIPM SI unit definitions📑 How we build & check these

Flux, and Why Transformers Have a Frequency Rating

Magnetic flux is the total magnetic field passing through a surface, measured in webers (Wb). One weber is one volt-second, a definition that states Faraday's law directly: flux changing at one weber per second induces one volt in a single turn.

The older CGS unit, the maxwell, is exactly 10⁻⁸ Wb and still appears in magnetics literature. The volt-second definition is also why a transformer designed for 60 Hz can overheat on 50 Hz at the same voltage — each half-cycle lasts longer, so the flux swing is larger, and the core moves closer to saturation. Flux is the quantity that connects the electrical and magnetic sides of every motor, transformer and inductor.