Eddy current sensors for measuring fiber coating thickness

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Amin, Kamal E ^a   Peck, Kris ^b  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CERAMIC FIBERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); INTERFEROMETERS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBES; RESONANCE; SENSORS; SUBSTRATES;

COATING THICKNESS; EDDY CURRENT SENSORS; FIBER COATINGS;

THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; EDDY CURRENT TESTING;

EDDY CURRENT CYLINDRICAL PROBES;

EID: 0031646854     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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