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CONTINUOUS READING FREE NUCLEAR PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER AND METHOD

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4842489
A magnetometer of the free nuclear precession type is spect to the field being measured and which avoids the drawbacks of a pulsed polarizing field. ln the magnetometer, a liquid containing nuclei of large gyromagnetic ratio is passed successively through a constant strong polarizing magnetic field and a detection coil immersed in the field being measured, and the voltage induced in the coil is amplified and its frequency measured. The magnetometer is especially applicable to measurements of weak magnetic fields, e.g., earth's magnetic field, since frequency measurements may be made over as long a period as is required. (D.L.C.)
Research Organization:
Originating Research Org. not identified
NSA Number:
NSA-16-017869
Assignee:
Dept. of the Navy
Patent Number(s):
US 3024410
OSTI ID:
4842489
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English