It is well known that the Barkhausen noise occurs from magnetization jumps
caused by the magnetic walls motion. We have studied applications of the Ba
rkhausen noise to non-destructive evaluation of materials. In this paper, w
e focus on the chaotic nature of the Barkhausen noise measured on silicon s
teel sheets with scratch, and present the qualitative characteristics under
rotational magnetic field. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All
rights reserved.