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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1996
David M Synderman, St. Louis, MO (US);
Donald D Palmer, Jr, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Mark S Conradi, St. Louis, MO (US);
Daniel J Leopold, St. Louis, MO (US);
Charles G Fry, Madison, WI (US);
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A method using nuclear magnetic resonance techniques to detect corrosion within metallic structures such as aluminum under non-ferromagnetic coatings without first having to remove the coatings. The metallic structure is placed within an external static magnetic field. A series of radio frequency preparation and inspection pulses is applied to the metallic with the preparation pulses, and for generating a series of nuclear magnetic resonance response signals with the inspection pulses. The response signals are detected and the amplitudes of the response signals are compared with the spin--spin relaxation time of corrosion for detecting the presence of corrosion in the structure.