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Michel J Chatanier

Alain E Bruere

Michel J Portat

Electrical continuimeter device for checking the electrical continuity of a conducting layer covering a structure having conducting and non-conducting parts, said conducting layer being covered by an insulator layer. The device comprises a pick-up with an inner and an outer coaxial electrodes to be put on the insulator layer. A supply alternating voltage is applied between the inner electrode and the ground terminal of the structure developing a first voltage across a load resistor and a second voltage between the outer electrode and the ground terminal is measured. Components of the second voltage respectively cophasal and in phase quadrature with the first voltage are generated and these components are divided by the first voltage, thus providing the resistive and reactive components of the ground impedance.

Electrical continuimeter

Resistivimeter device for measuring the surface resistance of a structure coated with an inner resistive layer and an outer insulating superficial layer. This device comprises a pick-up to be placed on the structure surface and formed of a central cylindrical electrode, two intermediary annular electrodes and an outer annular electrode coaxial with the central electrode. A supply alternating voltage is applied between said central and outer electrodes, and the current thus produced is applied to a load resistor. The voltage across this load resistance is then measured. The inter-electrode voltage appearing between the intermediary electrodes is also measured. The component of the inter-electrode voltage cophasal with the load resistor voltage is formed and is divided by the load resistor voltage.

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Saint Maur, France

Michel J Chatanier