Thermal Infrared Radiation Thermometry in MBE

Emissivity

Ircon’s Application note AN110 of the same title as this story
Santa Cruz CA, USA — The use of Thermal Infrared Radiation Thermometry (Infrared or IR Thermometry) for substrate temperature measurement during molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), a semiconductor manufacturing process, is discussed in this free applications note on the Ircon website.
The fundamental relationships of radiation [...]

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How a Cheap IR Thermometer Makes a Great Thermal Leak Detector…

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Infrared laser thermometers are great, affordable gadgets for finding draughts (drafts) and thermal leaks in buildings.

Here’s a cool little application for low-cost (cheap) IR Thermometers, especially those with built-in laser pointers. (pun intended).

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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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Rad-Pro (Radiative Properties)

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From a webpage of Dr.Zhuomin Zhang at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA:
Nanoscale Thermal Radiation Laboratory
In order to achieve high-accuracy temperature measurements in rapid thermal processing (RTP) using lightpipe radiation thermometry, it is critical to be able to determine the radiative properties of silicon wafers with thin-film coatings such as silicon dioxide, silicon [...]

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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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Automated Solution At General Plastics Machines, Inc.

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Raytek GP Temperature Monitoring System and Thermalert TX Sensors Provide Automated Solution At General Plastics Machines, Inc.
Ask General Plastics Machines why they use Raytek noncontact IR temperature measurement technology in their thermoforming machines  and they’ll tell you it comes down to the bottom-line benefits:

higher product quality,
less scrap,
fewer rejects,
lower energy costs and
higher yields.

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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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CoalScan Thermal Imaging System

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Oakland NJ, USA — Designed specifically for the coal industry, the Mikron CoalScan is a cost-effective and comprehensive non-contact thermal imaging system for detecting hot spots on coal conveyors, coal piles and other sensitive areas.
The core of the CoalScan system is the fully radiometric (temperature measuring) Mikron MCL160 thermal imaging camera, shown here.
The camera [...]

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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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