6 kilogauss (6 kG)

6 kilogauss equals 6,000 gauss, 0.6 teslas, 600,000 microteslas and 600 milliteslas.

6 kilogauss = 6,000 gauss

What 6 kilogauss means in practice

6 kilogauss sits between a fridge magnet (0.05 kG) and a strong neodymium magnet (12.5 kG).

  • The human brain's magnetic field: 1 × 10-11 kG
  • The Earth's magnetic field: 0.0005 kG
  • A fridge magnet: 0.05 kG
  • A strong neodymium magnet: 12.5 kG
  • A hospital MRI scanner: 30 kG
  • The strongest continuous lab magnets: 450 kG
  • A neutron star: 1,000,000,000 kG
  • A magnetar: 1,000,000,000,000 kG

6 kilogauss in all magnetic field units

UnitValueScientific notation
Gauss (G) 6,0006 × 103
Teslas (T) 0.66 × 10-1
Microteslas (µT) 600,0006 × 105
Milliteslas (mT) 6006 × 102
Nanoteslas (nT) 600,000,0006 × 108
Milligauss (mG) 6,000,0006 × 106
Gammas (γ) 600,000,0006 × 108
Picoteslas (pT) 600,000,000,0006 × 1011
Webers per square meter (Wb/m²) 0.66 × 10-1
Femtoteslas (fT) 600,000,000,000,0006 × 1014
Lines per square inch 38,709.63.87096 × 104

Other amounts of kilogauss

About the kilogauss

The kilogauss is used for strong magnets and MRI field specifications. Read more about kilogauss.