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Electromagnetic Testing Chapter 3- Electromagnetic Testing

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If the conductivity of the material is held constant and “A” is changed, the<br />

straight line from point “P1” to “Ao” is generated.When attempting to measure<br />

changes in conductivity, changes in spacing or lift-off are highly<br />

undesirable. In order to minimize variations in lift-off, eddy current coils may<br />

be recessed a short distance into the eddy current probe head, and the probe<br />

head may be spring loaded to maintain surface contact. However, since the<br />

lift-off effect is linear over a limited probe clearance range, eddy current<br />

probes can be designed to measure nonconductive coating thickness over<br />

uniformly conductive materials. Coil impedance can be calculated for any<br />

known combination of conductivity and probe clearance.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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