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The magnetic detection of material properties

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Because of the nature of ferromagnetism, the magnetic properties of a material can provide useful information about other material properties. Forexample, magnetic-hysteresis parameters and Barkhausen-effect measurements are affected by the microstructure of materials and by applied or residual stresses. Considerable work has shown that magnetic hysteresis and the Barkhausen effect can be used to investigate the condition of materials or components by nondestructive means. Such investigations can be carried out fairly easily under laboratory conditions; adapting the methods to in-service components is more problematic.

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Devine, M.K. The magnetic detection of material properties. JOM 44, 24–30 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03223167

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