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3.5 FACTORS AFFECTING FLUX LEAKAGE<br />

The more highly magnetized the ferromagnetic object, the higher its leakage<br />

flux field intensity will be for a given defect. Both continuous and residual<br />

magnetic fields can be used. However, leakage flux testing should not be<br />

used with ferromagnetic objects that have weak residual fields and poor<br />

retentivity because test sensitivity may be too low to detect small<br />

discontinuities. The amount of leakage flux produced depends on defect<br />

geometry. Broad, shallow defects will not produce a large vertical component<br />

of leakage flux; neither will a defect whose long axis is parallel to the lines of<br />

flux in the test object. For these reasons, longitudinal defects in tubes, rods,<br />

and bars will be more easily detected with circular magnetic fields.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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