Advanced Experimental Techniques

Code: PGEN1091
Course: Master degree in Energy
Credits: 4
Hourly load: 60
Syllabus: Magnetic materials: introduction and applications. Experimental methods: magnetometers, susceptometers, magnetic balance, magneto-optical effect, neutron diffractometry. Creostats: cryogenic liquids, vacuum, temperature sensors. Magnetic units and relevant variables: magnetization, critical temperature, external field, saturation, coercive field and remanence. Experimental analysis of different types of magnetic structures.
Bibliography: 1. CULLITY, B. D. Introduction to magnetic materials. Londres: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1972.

2. CHEN, Chih-Wen. Magnetism and metallurgy of soft magnetic materials. Nova Iorque: Dover Publications, 1986.