Method and apparatus for detecting metal failures in situ

Electricity: measuring and testing – Measuring – testing – or sensing electricity – per se – Frequency of cyclic current or voltage

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324 57Q, 324 57SS, 324 585A, 324 65R, 324DIG1, G01R 2700

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ABSTRACT:
Metal failures are detected in situ, for example, in the piping system of a nuclear reactor or a pipeline by passing a current through the metal in which the failures are to be detected at various frequencies and monitoring the impedance. By using various frequencies the present invention makes use of the skin effect thereby enabling, through detection of differences in impedance at different frequencies the determination of the depth of a crack or the like in the metal.

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