In order to determine the magnetic fluid stability, the method of investigation of magnetic particles redistribution processes according to change in time of magnetization in the nonuniform magnetic field in the device was used. The Hall-type microsensors with the sensitive element volume 10(-5) mm(3) and the differential instrument for magnetic structure measurement were created and used in the device. The magnetic fluids sedimentation stability coefficients, with different initial magnetization, were determined. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.