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One additional advantage of OD ECT inspection is that the tubing can be fully<br />

magnetically saturated during testing to ensure the maximum level of<br />

sensitivity and repeatability, vastly reducing the occurrence of false<br />

indications on those materials which have ferromagnetic domains. As noted<br />

earlier, carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels and some nickel alloys may<br />

contain small magnetic domains that must be magnetically coupled during<br />

testing to minimize “noise” providing for “quiet” or higher signal to noise<br />

inspection with eddy currents.<br />

Even austenitic stainless steels which are considered to be non-magnetic,<br />

may have small magnetic regions from residual delta ferrite formed during the<br />

welding process or strain induced martensite from cold working.<br />

Special tube configurations such as integral ID and/or OD fins will require<br />

unique technologies that are not covered in this document but should be<br />

reviewed with the manufacturer prior to the onset of testing.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang<br />

http://www.heatexchange.org/pdf/techsheets/TechSheet132.pdf

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