The topography of the field and flux inside and above the surfaces of ferromagnetic plates during their contact and contactless magnetization

Abstract

Modeling and experimental studies of the spatial distributions of the field and flux inside and above the surface of ferromagnetic plates of different dimension types, which were locally magnetized by U-shaped electromagnets, were performed. It was established that the location of a magnetic inhomogeneity in the interpole zone of an electromagnet substantially affects the results of a local measurement of the coercive force using a demagnetization current. It is shown that the presence of a gap in the magnetic circuit impairs the magnetization of the interpole zone of an object to a higher degree than the magnetization of the near-pole zone. Recommendations on the concentration of the magnetic flux in the interpole zone via a decrease in the interpole distance of the electromagnet are given. Possible locations of internal-field probes that provide local measurements of the magnetic properties of a substance are determined. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.