Abstract
The consistency of magnetic Barkhausen noise (MBN) measurements under applied sinusoidal magnetic field control and sinusoidal magnetic circuit flux control was investigated under variable circuit permeability conditions. A U-core electromagnet was used to provide the alternating magnetic excitation. The magnetic circuit permeability was changed by varying excitation magnet lift-off and by using samples with known magnetic anisotropy. By controlling the circuit magnetic flux, measured as the flux in one of the U-core poles near the sample, MBN measurements were found to be consistent and independent of the excitation magnet lift-off in both a Si–Fe steel sample and an interstitial free (IF) steel sample at peak sample flux densities greater than 1.16 T and 0.29 T respectively. Consistency within a 95% confidence level was demonstrated for lift-off values of 0.6 mm or less, with decreasing sensitivity to lift-off observed at higher fluxes. MBN anisotropy measurements were also performed using both field control and flux control. Under field control conditions a component of the anisotropy signal was found to be dependent on the magnetic circuit permeability. This permeability dependence was absent when using flux control. The results demonstrated that flux control should be used when performing MBN measurements on samples where lift-off may be an issue, as values obtained will have less dependence on the excitation magnet characteristics than when field control is used.
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