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Scanning Magnetic Microscope Using A Hall-Effect Sensor for Images of Remanent Magnetization Fields

Version 1 : Received: 17 October 2019 / Approved: 18 October 2019 / Online: 18 October 2019 (08:53:15 CEST)

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Araujo, J.F.D.F.; Reis, A.L.A.; Correa, A.A.P.; Yokoyama, E.; Oliveira, V.C., Jr.; Mendoza, L.A.F.; Pacheco, M.A.C.; Luz-Lima, C.; Santos, A.F.; Osorio G., F.G.; Brito, G.E.; Araujo, W.W.R.; Tahir; Bruno, A.C.; Del Rosso, T. Scanning Magnetic Microscope Using a Gradiometric Configuration for Characterization of Rock Samples. Materials 2019, 12, 4154. Araujo, J.F.D.F.; Reis, A.L.A.; Correa, A.A.P.; Yokoyama, E.; Oliveira, V.C., Jr.; Mendoza, L.A.F.; Pacheco, M.A.C.; Luz-Lima, C.; Santos, A.F.; Osorio G., F.G.; Brito, G.E.; Araujo, W.W.R.; Tahir; Bruno, A.C.; Del Rosso, T. Scanning Magnetic Microscope Using a Gradiometric Configuration for Characterization of Rock Samples. Materials 2019, 12, 4154.

Abstract

Scanning magnetic microscopy is a new tool that has recently been used to map magnetic fields with good spatial resolution and field sensitivity. This technology has great advantages over other instruments; for example, its operation does not require cryogenic technology, which reduces its operational cost and complexity. Here, we describe the construction of a customizing scanning magnetic microscope based on commercial Hall-effect sensors at room temperature that achieves a spatial resolution of 200 µm. Two scanning stages on the x- and y-axes of precision, consisting of two coupled actuators, control the position of the sample, and this microscope can operate inside or outside a magnetic shield. We obtained magnetic field sensitivities better than 521 nTrms/√Hz between 1 and 10 Hz, which correspond to a magnetic momentum sensitivity of 9.20 × 10–10 Am2. In order to demonstrate the capability of the microscopy, polished thin sections of geological samples, samples containing microparticles and magnetic nanoparticles were measured. For the geological samples, a theoretical model was adapted from the magnetic maps obtained by the equipment. Vector field maps are valuable tools for the magnetic interpretation of samples with a high spatial variability of magnetization. These maps can provide comprehensive information regarding the spatial distribution of magnetic carriers. In addition, this model may be useful for characterizing isolated areas over samples or investigating the spatial magnetization distribution of bulk samples at the micro and millimeter scales. As an auxiliary technique, a magnetic sweep map was created using Raman spectroscopy; this map allowed the verification of different minerals in the samples. This equipment can be useful for many applications that require samples that need to be mapped without a magnetic field at room temperature, including rock magnetism, the nondestructive testing of steel materials and the testing of biological samples. The equipment can not only be used in cutting-edge research but also serve as a teaching tool to introduce undergraduate, master's and Ph.D. students to the measurement methods and processing techniques used in scanning magnetic microscopy.

Keywords

scanning magnetic microscopy; Hall sensor; magnetic measurements; geological sample

Subject

Physical Sciences, Applied Physics

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