十八届国际磁学年会于1980年4月21日至24日在美国波士顿召开。二十个国家的有关学者、科学家、工程师等共九百多人参加了会议。中国电子学会磁学代表团应邀参加了本届年会。会上宣读论文二百七十七篇。我国代表团在会上宣读了关于磁性材料及器件的论文十二篇,反应较好。应用磁学的专业面较广,包括磁记录, The 18th International Congress of Magnetism was held in Boston, United States from April 21 to April 24, 1980. A total of more than 900 relevant scholars, scientists and engineers from 20 countries attended the conference. China Electron Society magnetics delegation was invited to attend this annual meeting. Two hundred seventy-seven articles were read at the conference. My delegation read out 12 papers on magnetic materials and devices at the conference, and responded well. Magnetics wide range of applications, including magnetic recording,