Doesn't matter much:
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Well, at 10:1, mu_eff appears to still be going up with mu_r, even for mu_r > 300. In that case, it would still matter "much".
That is a rather long rod, for just 10uH. A tiny rod, 3mm say, 1cm long, will get you 10uH, and be capable of almost as many amperes (before saturation or melting the wire -- it will be pretty heavy wire to fill the available winding area, as shown).
If you're after a loopstick, then you do want length, and to take advantage of that length, you need higher permeability. Presumably you're also targetting lower frequencies, so MnZn ferrite, probably 500 < mu_r < 3000, is what you want. (Typically #33, 44 and 77/78, from Fair-Rite, are used.)
If you're after an RFC, then material really doesn't matter, and length is better on the short side (length/diameter of 2-4), where mu_r > 100 might as well be "infinite". If you need high Q rather than high impedance, you'll want to choose lower loss ferrite, i.e., NiZn (mu 30-125 in various formulations), which is still good at 100MHz (whereas most MnZn become dominantly lossy in the 100kHz-3MHz range).
Tim
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Could some electronics guru please help ? The relative permability of
ferrite depends on the material being used.
MHz
So, if I buy a a ferrite rod 1 cm in diameter, and
10.0 cm in length to wind a 10.0 micro Henry coil,
qhat value of relative permeability should I use,
given that general electronics parts stores do not
have much information on material used for the rod.
Any hints, suggestions would be of help. Thanks in
advance.