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The simplest of-the-shelf device to do this would probably be a low-resistance meter, using 4-terminal sensing. You could probably create your own version, but the design would be quite tricky, as the actual resistance value will be really low.
Would it be cheating to use the metal plate as a core in an inductor? I'd guess that your materials show very ...
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