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Electromagnetic Testing Chapter 3- Electromagnetic Testing

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For best results with encircling coils, inspection coil length, the desired<br />

resolution, and test frequency are used to determine the maximum velocity of<br />

inspected tubing.<br />

Direct current (DC) saturation, produced by DC saturation coils, is used when<br />

ferromagnetic materials are tested with encircling coils; this aligns the<br />

magnetic domains ahead of time and eliminates the heating effect caused by<br />

the work required to rotate the domains into the preferred magnetic direction.<br />

The magnetic domains in nonmagnetized ferromagnetic material are<br />

randomly oriented and tend to neutralize each other.When a coil’s<br />

magnetizing force is applied to ferromagnetic materials, the flux density in the<br />

material is much greater than the flux density generated by the test coil. In<br />

effect, the eddy current test coil detects the leakage flux emanating from<br />

small surface and near-surface defects. Increases in alternating current field<br />

strength decrease the eddy current penetration in magnetic materials to some<br />

minimum value. Beyond this point, further increases in alternating current<br />

increase eddy current penetration.When magnetic penetration is maximized,<br />

the part is magnetically saturated.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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