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Published on: June 9, 2016
Design and implementation of a versatile magnetic field mapper for 3D volumes
Muhammad Nasir1, Muhammad Shoaib1, Muhammad Umar Hassan1
1Department of Physics, Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Opposite Sector U, DHA, Lahore 54792, Pakistan.
Abstract:
Magnetic field mapping is an essential step in research, manufacturing, and maintenance. It helps one find out what's under the surface of any object and identify areas of high-flux density. Our magnetic field mapper is easy-to-use and has a user-friendly interface. It comprises a triple axis Hall effect-based magnetometer, meaning that it can measure the strength of magnetic fields in 3D. It is made up of three Hall sensors which are mounted on a triple-slot sensor probe which in turn is attached to translation stages allowing motion in three dimensions. The translation in X and Y motion (independent) is from to mm while in Z is from to mm with a nominal resolution of mm. The height of the magnetometer is 1000 mm and it's originally designed for mapping the magnetic field of permanent magnet assemblies for low-field and mobile magnetic resonance scanners. Sometimes, you need to find out how strong the magnetic field in a particular region is or you may want to measure all the three components of the magnetic flux density to find out the homogeneity or isotropy of the field. In high resonant NMR spectroscopy, the magnetic field needs to be highly uniform and homogeneous and to assess such a field, we need a device which can measure the magnetic field, precisely, accurately and reproducibly. The proposed field mapper is useful in all of these situations. It is low cost and easy to manufacture. The maximum measurable magnetic field is T. Furthermore, all the material required for building this device is easily accessible.
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