Introduction to Magnetic Particle Testing
Magnetic Particle Testing Magnetic particle testing is a non destructive testing method for detection of surface and near surface discontinuities in…
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FreeUTNear field length, circular probeNear-field (Fresnel zone) length N = D²f/4c for a circular single-crystal probe, with the wavelength it…Open calculator- FreeUTAngle beam sound path, surface distance and depthSolves the first-leg angle-beam triangle — sound path, surface distance and depth — from any one of the…Open calculator
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