RLC meter measurements

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I have a Fluke PM 6306 RLC meter and I was wondewring how can I measure inductance of a magnetic sheet? Do I need an extra fixture to place my sample around it? I have calculated permitivity by placing my sample between 2 metal plates and measuring capacitance. I need to measure inductance in order to calculate permeability.
 

Any material can exhibit inductance only if you make an inductor from it. Like you measured material permittivity, you must use a coil and measure its inductance in air, then when you put your material close to it.
 

By definition, inductance resists a change in current.

Is there a way to apply that idea one way or another?

Does it generate inductive reactance?

Does it do it via magnetic flux?

Counter emf?

Eddy currents?

In whatever way, shape or form?
 

All the ways you named.

If you make a five-turn coil, you can measure:

-the low inductance in air,
- the lowest inductance close to a conducting plane or object (eddy currents)
- a higher inductance if close to a magnetically "effective" object like your magnetic strip
-the highest inductance if you put a magnetic core in the coil.

Depending on test frequency, certain effects are more expressed at higher or lower frequencies.
 
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