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Electromagnetic Testing Chapter 3- Electromagnetic Testing

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<strong>Chapter</strong> 3. ELECTROMAGNETIC TESTING METHOD<br />

Introduction; This chapter describes eddy current, leakage flux, and<br />

magnetoelastic techniques. Eddy current testing involves the use of<br />

alternating magnetic fields and can be applied to any conductor. Leakage flux<br />

testing involves the use of a permanent magnet, DC or AC electromagnetic<br />

fields, and can be applied only to ferromagnetic materials. In eddy current<br />

testing, the alternating magnetic field sets up circulating eddy currents in the<br />

test part. Any parameter that affects the electrical conductivity of the test area<br />

can be detected with the eddy currents. With the flux leakage technique, any<br />

discontinuity that produces lines of leakage flux in the test area can be<br />

detected. The magnetoelastic technique is used for characterizing and<br />

determining the amount of residual stress in magnetic materials<br />

by measuring magnetic or “Barkhausen noise.”<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

Introduction to Nondestructive <strong>Testing</strong>: A Training Guide, Second Edition, by Paul E. Mix

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