An instrument for environmental 50 Hz magnetic fields measurements

Author

Rabinovici, R. ; Kaplan, B.Z. ; Karon, Y. ; Karo, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Volume

28

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2476

Lastpage

2478

Abstract

The author describes a portable and autonomous instrument able to perform and record measurements of environmental 50-Hz magnetic fields according to the three x, y, and z field components over a continuous time period of up to seven days. The RMS values of the field components are stored in local memory, and for further processing, the data are transferred to a personal computer. The measurement range is 1-3000 nT, while the internal magnetic field noise is about 2 nT. The instrument weights 1.5 kg, batteries included

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; geophysical equipment; magnetic field measurement; microcomputer applications; portable instruments; 1 to 3000 nT; 1.5 kg; 50 Hz; RMS values; autonomous instrument; environmental fields measurement; local memory; magnetic fields measurements; personal computer; portable instrument; tuned search coil; Battery charge measurement; Conductivity measurement; Electric variables measurement; Frequency; Instruments; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Performance evaluation; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.179531

Filename

179531