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Electromagnetic Testing Chapter 3- Electromagnetic Testing

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By taking the product of B and H for every point on the demagnetization<br />

curve and plotting it against B, an energy product curve similar to the one<br />

shown in Figure 3.24, can be obtained. The peak energy product in million<br />

gauss-Oersted provides one important way of comparing magnetic materials.<br />

The permeance or permeability (m) of a magnetic material depends on many<br />

factors, but for any set of conditions is defined as the ratio of B/H.<br />

In many cases, it is possible to control the quality of ferromagnetic<br />

components by automatic measurement of coercive field strength because<br />

the coercive force is affected by alloy composition, structure, particle size,<br />

nonferrous inclusions, manufacturing techniques, heat treatment, and internal<br />

and external magnetic stresses. As a general rule, hard materials have a high<br />

coercive force and are not easily demagnetized. For automatic measurement<br />

of coercive force, the ferromagnetic parts are first magnetized to saturation<br />

with direct current pulses and an impulse coil arrangement. Magnetizing<br />

current in the coil is gradually reduced to zero, reversed, and increased until<br />

the residual flux density passes through zero.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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