GenRad Experimenter Jan 1937
GenRad Experimenter Jan 1937
GenRad Experimenter Jan 1937
ElECTRICA L MEASUREMENTS
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TECHNIQUE AND ITS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
VOL. XI No.8 JANUARY, 193 7
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, La and L. ohtained "ilh the two coils
Hiding and o pposi ng (using the
- si~nll berore 2M),
and +
M s J~ (L~- L.) (4)
M, I Ms
For a coefficient of conpli ng nearly
r unil y where L. is very smH II compared
to L... the error in t he determination of
M is that of L. itself. For smnller coup·
ling I'OCfficients this error increases, as
).'!Gett!! I. Felid "'ut" a l_;nd"ct.~ halance
ah.. a)l~ happe ns II hen the differcnce of
sho\\11 in Figure I, the primaries of both 1\\0 nearly e(I'IalnlllObeNi en tcrs in an)
lIIut\lal indm: tanees, unkno ..... n and
sta ndard. are connected in scries to u
I)()\\er source. Their 5CCOll(larics are
also connected in series to a suitable
oete!!tor, head teJe phoLle5, or other a·c
0l>crated met.er, iu IIlIc h (Iirectioll thai
Iheir illlluced \oltages o ppose. The
s tandard is then \ariell until a balancc
is o bt ai ncd, whcll
.M \ = ,\1.~ (2)
The error in this measurcnwut is e!'-
senlilllly that of the standard , pro-
vided thai the capaciti ve reactances
betw«n the coils of the mutual io-
ductance!! are large L'O IUJlured \1 ith
Iheir mutual reactaoces and that the FIGua!!. 2. TYl' !!. 107 VariaMe Inductor.
impedance of the deteclor is small. Mutual inductance at any !etting is onc. half
the difference of {he .calc reading .nd tbc
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u.. d .......... LocI..... v-ipooeo '" "00"1' 'ac,.,.. II) 01
duc tanee &I entered o n the lIan,erlue
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balauce taken up by minimum cha nge8
in the other. The error is then that of U'
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thc change in resistance of the decade A'
M ~ L,v (6)
ratio arm. A+ IJ
){utual induc tance ma y be (.'Ompared
B' - 8 ir A ,. A' (7)
with a self-induc tance on the Campbell
mutual·inductance bridge sbo\\'n in
A +
B L,v
Figure 5. Such measuremCll ls are easil) maJc on
the T\"l'E 667·A LnJucta nce Bridge by -
AL" - IJL N
M - (5) connecting olle \\ indillg of the mutual ,..
A +11 inductance to (he unkno\\ II termina ls
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The resis Lallce P includes thai of tbe
\\ imling cOlUlcc led in that orlll, which
is somewbat difficult to obtain. This
bridge circuit may be set up on the
FIGl1RK 6. The Cfl.ccy FO!tcr \lutu lll-lmluc- T\TI' E 293-A Universal Bridge, using
t ll l1 00 Uri<lge
8S a capacitance s Lnlldard a suitable
less Ihnll for the pre\,jous case because Tn>E 509 Mica Condenser.
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