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Penetration Depth

Coverage & Falloff
How far the coil's field reaches from the accessory before it fades to the reporting edge. The report measures this as the distance from the accessory surface to the furthest point the field stays above 5 Gauss, a measurement reference rather than a biological cutoff. At the low frequencies a PEMF device uses, the body is largely transparent to the magnetic field, so how far the field reaches is set by the coil's geometry and the strength of the pulse, not by the field pushing through a tissue barrier. The 3D field view shows the volume of space the field reaches above the accessory, with the 5 Gauss edge as its outer boundary and inner boundaries marking the strongest zones, each a fraction of the surface peak. The measurement is taken in open air directly above the accessory. A larger coil or a higher peak field keeps the field above a usable level farther from the surface.
Field strength peaks at the coil center and falls off with distanceA symmetric bell-shaped curve with its peak in the middle: the magnetic field is strongest at the coil center and weakens with distance in either direction. Using the on-axis dipole model, the field drops to 50 percent of its peak at about 0.77 coil radii from center and to 10 percent at about 1.93 coil radii.100%50%10%Peak50% at 0.77 R10% at 1.93 R3 R2 R1 Rcenter1 R2 R3 RDistance from center (multiples of coil radius R)Field strength (% of peak)© 2026 Gauss Labs
The field is strongest right at the coil and weakens with distance in every direction. On the on-axis dipole model the report uses, it reaches half its peak strength at about three quarters of a coil radius from center and one tenth at about two radii. A larger coil holds the field up farther out.
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