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Electromagnetic testing emt chapter 18 - aerospace applications

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<strong>18</strong>.2.3 Conductive Coating Thickness<br />

Cladding thickness measurement is used in two types of situations where the<br />

conductivities of two metal layers are very different.<br />

1. The first situation, in which the cladding is a better conductor than the<br />

base material, pertains to copper, zinc or cadmium coatings on steel base<br />

materials.<br />

2. The second situation, in which the cladding is the poorer conductor of the<br />

two metals, pertains to lead coatings on copper or to nickel coatings on<br />

aluminum.<br />

The conducting coating thickness may be experimentally determined for a<br />

particular combination of coating metal, eddy current probe and test<br />

frequency by increasing the cladding thickness in steps until a given increase<br />

in thickness does not change the indicated meter reading (Fig. 2).<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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