title: Ferromagnetic high-permeability alloy alone can provide sufficient low-frequency and eddy-current shieldings for biomagnetic measurements.
abstract: A low cost, two-shell ferromagnetic shielded room large enough for a person to enter and prepare experiments was constructed for biomagnetic measurements. No aluminium or copper shell was used for eddy-current shielding. A high-permeability nickel-iron-molybdenum alloy (1.57 mm thick) was used for both ferromagnetic and eddy-current shieldings. The shielding factor was 60 dB at dc and 40 dB between 0.1 Hz and about 3 Hz. The eddy-current shielding due to the alloy alone provided a shielding factor of 55 dB at 30 Hz and 66 dB at 60 Hz. The shielding factor was sufficiently high in all the frequency range for biomagnetic measurements with a first-order superconducting gradiometer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Physiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D004867:Equipment Design; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D008280:Magnetics; D010539:Permeability
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys