Abstract
This paper reports on a model-assisted approach to characterizing surface-modified materials whose magnetic properties vary continuously with depth. The technique involves measuring ac permeability profiles under a quasistatic biasing field superimposed with an ac modulation field of adjustable frequency and amplitude to control field penetration depth. A frequency dependent magnetic hysteresis model was used to model ac permeability profiles at different modulation field frequencies for direct comparison with measurement results. The approach was applied to characterize a series of surface hardened Fe–C samples. The depth dependence of the magnetic properties was determined by obtaining the best fits of the modeled ac permeability profiles to experimental data at multiple modulation frequencies. The midpoints of the inverted magnetic property profiles and the measured hardness profiles were found to be in agreement.
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