THERMITS: A MATLAB code to process thermomagnetic data

Rinta Bi Tari Erdyanti, Muhammad Archie Antareza, Kevin Dwimanggala Tjiongnotoputera, Mariyanto Mariyanto*

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Abstract

A thermomagnetic analysis is a study of how a material reacts to the change in temperature. The analysis is conducted by cooling and/or heating the material and observing the change of magnetic moment. Through this observation, the Curie Temperature of a material can be obtained. This Curie Temperature is used to estimate the magnetic minerals contained in samples e.g., rocks, sediments, soils. This paper introduces THERMITS, a MATLAB code for analyzing the thermomagnetic data, which aims to replicate as well as make improvements on existing thermomagnetic analysis tools in MATLAB environment. This MATLAB code will generate three plots, which are thermomagnetic data (magnetic moment vs. temperature), 1st derivative, and 2nd derivative. These derivatives are generated in order to estimate the Curie temperature. The estimation is done by finding the highest value of the 2nd derivative curve which represents the maximum curvature of thermomagnetic data. To improve the accuracy of Curie temperature estimation, this code also provides a smoothing and estimation boundary. Smoothing is important to reduce the variability of the derivative curve so that the Curie temperature can be estimated correctly. Meanwhile, estimation boundary is needed to bound the estimation so that it will not conclude the outer boundary for the estimation; which often has instable data caused by the instrument error.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Electromagnetism, Rock Magnetism and Magnetic Material, ICE-R3M 2019
EditorsSunaryono Sunaryono, Ann Marie Hirt, Jason Scott Herrin, Nordiana Mohd Muztaza, Markus Diantoro, Satria Bijaksana
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735420106
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Aug 2020
Event2019 International Conference on Electromagnetism, Rock Magnetism and Magnetic Material, ICE-R3M 2019 - Malang, Indonesia
Duration: 18 Sept 201919 Sept 2019

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2251
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference2019 International Conference on Electromagnetism, Rock Magnetism and Magnetic Material, ICE-R3M 2019
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityMalang
Period18/09/1919/09/19

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