Identification of object composition with Magnetic Inductive Tomography
arXiv:2109.04074 · doi:10.1063/5.0054263
Abstract
The inductive response of an object to an oscillating magnetic field reveals information about its electrical conductivity and magnetic permeability. Here we introduce a technique that uses measurements of the angular, frequency and spatial dependence of the inductive signal to determine object composition. Identification is performed by referencing an object's inductive response to that of materials with mutually exclusive properties such as copper (high electric conductivity, negligible magnetic permeability) and ferrite (negligible electric conductivity, high magnetic permeability). The technique uses a sensor with anisotropic sensitivity to discriminate between the different characters of the eddy current and magnetisation driven object responses. Experimental validation of the method is performed through Magnetic Induction Tomography measurement with a radio-frequency atomic magnetometer. Possible applications of the technique in security screening devices are discussed.
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