Eddy current measurement of the electrical conductivity and porosity of metal foams

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 570-576

  Ma, Xiandong ^a   Peyton, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coils; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic induction; Impedance measurement; Metallic foams

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FOAMS; INDUCTANCE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; POROSITY;

EDDY CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; METALLIC FOAMS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EDDY CURRENT SENSING TECHNIQUES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33645328560     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2006.873549     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. J. Banhart, "Manufacture, characterisation and application of cellular metals and metal foams," Prog. Mater. Sci., vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 559-632, 2001.
2. L. Bavall, "Determination of the thickness of copper coatings on steel by measuring the impedance of a thin elliptic coil," Meas. Sci. Technol., vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 510-519, 2002.
3. B. de Halleux, B. de Limburg Stirum, and A. Ptchelintsev, "Eddy current measurement of the wall thickness and conductivity of circular non-magnetic conductive tubes," NDT E Int., vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 103-109, Apr. 1996.
4. G. Mook, R. Lange, and O. Koeser, "Non-destructive characterisation of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastics by means of eddy-currents," Compos. Sci. Technol., vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 865-873, May 2001.
5. C. V. Dodd and W. E. Deeds, "Analytical solutions to eddy-current probe-coil problems," J. Appl. Phys., vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 2829-2838, May 1968.
6. H. L. Libby, Introduction to Electromagnetic Non-Destructive Test Methods. New York: Wiley, 1971.
7. S. N. Vernon, "A single-sided eddy current method to measure electrical resistivity," Mater. Eval., vol. 46, no. 12, pp. 1581-1587, Nov. 1988.
8. Y. Feng, H. Zheng, Z. Zhu, and F. Zu, "The microstructure and electrical conductivity of aluminum alloy foams," Mater. Chem. Phys., vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 196-201, 2003.
9. V. Gergely, D. C. Curran, and T. W. Clyne, "The FOAMCARP process: Foaming of aluminium MMCs by the chalk-aluminium reaction in precursors," Compos. Sci. Technol., vol. 63, no. 16, pp. 2301-2310, Dec. 2003.