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Section 1 A Historical Perspective |
1-1. The First IR Thermometer |
1-2. Glass Manufacture Using Visual IR Temperature Measurement |
1-3. Newton Splits, Recombines White Light |
1-4. Herschel Discovers Infrared Radiation |
1-5. The Sidewinder Missile's IR Guidance System |
1-6. IR Optics for Missile Guidance |
Section 2 Theoretical Development |
2-1. Radiation Energy Balance |
2-2. Spectral Distributions |
2-3. An Isothermal Blackbody Cavity |
2-4. Planck Prediction of Blackbody Emissive Power |
2-5. Soda-Lime Glass Spectral Transmittance |
Section 3 IR Thermometers & Pyrometers |
3-1. Traditional Infrared Thermometer |
3-2. Effect of Non-Blackbody Emissivity on IR Thermometer Error |
3-3. Blackbody Radiation in the Infrared |
3-4. The ÔTwo-Color' IR Thermometer |
3-5. Beam-Splitting in the Ratio IR Thermometer |
3-6. Ratio Pyrometry Via a Filter Wheel |
3-7. Schematic of a Multispectral IR Thermometer |
3-8. Optical Pyrometry By Visual Comparison |
3-9. An Automatic Optical Pyrometer |
3-10. Relative Sensitivity of IR Detectors |
3-11. Typical Optical Systems |
3-12. IR Transmission of Optical Materials |
3-13. IR Transmission Characteristics |
3-14. Field of View |
3-15. Typical Narrow and Wide Angle Sighting Paths |
3-16. Microprocessor-Based IR Thermometer |
3-17. Surface Temperature Pyrometer |
Section 4 Infared Thermocouples |
4-1. Thermocouple Operation |
4-2. Equivalent Thermocouple Circuits |
4-3. Typical Thermocouple Installation |
4-4. IR Thermocouple Output |
Section 5 Fiber Optic Extensions |
5-1. Fiber Optic Probe Construction |
5-2. Typical IR Fiber Optic Probe |
5-3. Multipoint Pick-up Assembly |
5-4. Fiber Optic Cable Construction |
Section 6 Linescanning & Thermography |
6-1. Linescanner Operation |
6-2. 1-D Scans Composited Into a 2-D Image |
6-3. 2-D Thermographic Camera |
6-4. The Stirling Cycle |
6-5. Spatial Resolution of a Thermographic Camera |
Section 7 IR Thermometer Calibration |
7-1. A Spherical Blackbody Cavity |
7-2. Effective Emissivity of Spherical Cavities |
7-3. Typical Tungsten Lamp Filament |
Section 8 Products & Applications |
8-1. Ambient Effects on IR Thermometer Accuracy |
8-2. Sighting on a Specular Surface |
8-3. Use of Shielding and Cooling |
8-4. Accessories for Furnace-Wall Installation |
8-5. Compensation for Elevated Ambient Temperatures |