Abstract
A multi-frequency electromagnetic sensor was used to measure the impedance and inductance of samples containing varying fractions of ferromagnetic phase over a range of frequencies (100 Hz to 1 MHz). The impedance values are approximately linearly related to ferrite fraction for random microstructures Lip to about 40% ferrite, at which point the ferrite increasingly forms connected pathways and the impedance signal does not increase significantly. The zero cross-point frequency was found to distinguish between samples with higher (> 40%) ferrite percentages and can be related to the effective relative permeability of the sample. (c) 2006 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1761-1765 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Scripta Materialia |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2006 |
Keywords
- microstructure
- electromagnetic sensor
- steel
- FEM simulations