CS-3 CESIUM MAGNETOMETER
- Functions: High precision magnetometer, designed to be mounted on aircraft (helicopters or fix-wings) to measure magnetic field for geological investigation and mineral search.
- Manufactured by: scintrex – canada
- Year of production: 2016
- 4. Webiste: https://scintrex.com
- SPECIFICATIONS
– Operating Principle: Self-oscillation split-beam Cesium Vapor (non-radioactive Cs-133)
– Operating Range: 15,000 to 105,000 nT
– Gradient Tolerance: 40,000 nT/metre
– Operating Zones: 15° to 75° and 105° to 165°
– Hemisphere Switching:
+ Automatic
+ Electronic control actuated by the control voltage levels (TTL/CMOS)
+ Manual Sensitivity: 0.0006 nT √Hz rms.
– Noise Envelope: Typically 0.002 nT P-P, 0.1 Hz bandwidth
– Heading Error: ± 0.2 nT (inside the optical axis to the field direction angle range 15° to 75° and 105° to 165°)
– Absolute Accuracy: <2.5 nT throughout range
– Output:
+ Continuous signal at the Larmor frequency which is proportional to the magnetic field (proportionality constant 3.49857 Hz/nT) sine wave signal amplitude modulated on the power supply voltage
+ Square wave signal at the I/O connector,
– Information Bandwidth: Only limited by the magnetometer processor used
– Sensor Head:
Diameter: 63 mm (2.5”)
Length: 160 mm (6.3”)
Weight: 1.15 kg (2.6 lb)
– Sensor Electronics:
Diameter: 63 mm (2.5”)
Length: 350 mm (13.8”)
Weight: 1.5 kg (3.3 lb)
– Cable, Sensor to Sensor Electronics: 3m (9’ 8”), lengths up to 5m (16’ 4”) available
– Operating Temperature: -40°C to +50°C
– Humidity: Up to 100%, splash proof
– Supply Power: 24 to 35 Volts DC
– Supply Current: Approx. 1.5A at start up, decreasing to 0.5A at 20°C
– Power Up Time: Less than 15 minutes at -30°C
- Project used this equipment by Geophysical Division.
Project: Magnetic-gravity airborne survey at scale 1/250,000 on the sea and islands of Vietnam.
Source: Geophysical Division./.
