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Confidence Limits in (Infrared )Temperature Measurements

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This is a paper written for Infrared Thermographers, presented at the IR/INFO Conference, January 2003, in Orlando Florida, USA.
It is intact in every way, except it has been reformatted slightly to make it easier to read online. There is also a PDF version that can be downloaded from a link at the end of the article, [...]

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RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS: Volume II

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Aimed at Industrial practitioners of radiation thermometry; Scientific researchers using thermometers; Designers of thermometers
Applications
Edited by:
Zhuomin Zhang, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Benjamin Tsai, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Graham Machin, Division of Industry and Innovation, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, UK
Included [...]

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RADIOMETRIC TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS: Volume I

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Aimed at Industrial practitioners of radiation thermometry; Scientific researchers using thermometers; Designers of thermometers
Fundamentals
Edited By: Zhuomin Zhang, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Benjamin Tsai, Optical Technology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Graham Machin, Division of Industry and Innovation, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, [...]

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Calibration of “Low” Temperature IR Thermometers

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Calibration of Low-Temperature Infrared Thermometers (PDF 327KB).. Plus two.
From the website of the Measurement Standards Laboratory – MSL – of New Zealand comes this very useful and interesting, downloadable, free “Technical Guide” plus more. Of course, the term “Low Temperature” needs to be placed in context.
Here it assumes the use of popular devices designed for [...]

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IR Thermography: Errors and Uncertainties

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A new book from John Wiley & Sons
In Infrared Thermography, the authors discuss the sources of uncertainty, including how to quantify these sources, associated with the use of thermal imagers.
This book explains the common misunderstandings in the interpretation of temperature measurements, and provides a metrological evaluation of commercially available infrared cameras.
It suggests how to [...]

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Infrared Technology for NDT

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Theory and Practice of Infrared Technology for Nondestructive Testing
I just discovered that this ground-breaking book developed under the auspices of the American Society for Nondestructive testing is still available online at the Wiley website in the UK.
It is by Xavier P. V. Maldague, Editor, of the Universite Laval in Quebec Canada, a well-known researcher, teacher, [...]

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CFP: 10th International QIRT

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10th International Conference on Quantitative Infrared Thermography – Quebec City, Canada, July 27-30, 2010

Quebec City, Quebec, CANADA — The Quantitative Infrared Thermography (QIRT) conference is an international forum which brings together specialists from industry and academia, who share an active interest in the latest developments of science, experimental practices and instrumentation, related [...]

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IEC 80601-2-59: On Performance of IR Imagers in Screening Humans for Elevated Body Temperature

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In late 2008, the International Electrotechnical Commission – IEC published the standard:
IEC 80601-2-59 Ed. 1.0 “Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-59: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of screening thermographs for human febrile temperature screening” .
Publication date 2008-10-21
IEC 80601-2-59:2008 applies to the basic safety and essential performance of screening thermographs intended to be [...]

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Free, Online Black Body Emission Calculator

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Online at a subsite of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories (LBL)
“This program will calculate the emission as a function of wavelength from a black body (or grey body) source of a given size and temperature into a given solid angle.
By Wayne McKinney, Dec. 2001. Calculation of the grey body emission of tungsten using Allen’s Astrophysical Quantities, [...]

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