Temperature MeasurementThe accurate measurement of temperature is a vital parameter in many fields of engineering and scientific practice. Responding to emerging trends, this classic reference has been fully revised to include coverage of the latest instrumentation and measurement methods. Featuring:
Practising instrument engineers, graduate students and researchers in the fields of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering and in other industrial areas will welcome this balanced approach to both the theory and practice of temperature measurement. |
Contents
NonElectric Thermometers | 19 |
Thermoelectric Thermometers | 37 |
Resistance Thermometers | 85 |
Semiconductor Thermometers | 103 |
Fibre Optic Thermometers | 125 |
Quartz Ultrasonic and Noise Thermometers and Distributed Parameter | 139 |
Pyrometers Classification and Radiation Laws | 151 |
Manually Operated Pyrometers | 163 |
Imaging of Temperature Fields of Solids | 273 |
Dynamic Temperature Measurement | 279 |
Temperature Measurement of Solid Bodies by Contact Method | 333 |
Temperature Measurement of Fluids | 361 |
Temperature Measurement of Transparent Solid Bodies | 381 |
Temperature Measurement of Moving Bodies | 387 |
Temperature Measurement in Industrial Appliances | 397 |
Temperature Measurement in Medicine | 413 |
Automatic Pyrometers | 177 |
Practical Applications of Pyrometers | 209 |
Conditioning of Temperature Sensor Output Signals | 229 |
Computerised Temperature Measuring Systems | 259 |
Calibration and Testing of Temperature Measuring | 419 |
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