Volume 1: Non-contact Temperature Measurement
We realize that your need for basic and relevant scientific data and information continues to grow, and that you require all the information you can get to keep up with rapidly advancing and ever-more-complex instrumentation and controls technology. That's why we've made Omega's Transactions in Measurement and Control available for free download on the ControlGlobal.com web site.
Conceived as a practical thesis, a technical reference series for everyday users of instrumentation and controls, rather than a series of erudite essays, each chapter of Transactions will be jam-packed with information on a different measurement and control technology topic.
This first series, Non-contact Temperature Measurement, delves deeply into the issue of non-contact temperature measurement, providing a historical and theoretical context, engineering and design principles, plus selection and application guidelines for devices ranging from low-cost infrared thermocouples to sopohisticated linescanners.
It is also imortant to note that neither advertisements or promotionals will be present in the Transactions series.
Future editions of the Transactions series will systematically cover other aspects of temperature, humidity, pressure, strain, flow, level, pH, and conductivity instrumentation as well as other measurement, data acquisition and control topics.
We hope the
Transactions in Measurement and Control series will find a permanent home on your reference shelf, and that it proves itself of great value now and in the future.
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Volume I: Non-Contact Temperature Measurement in its entirety. You can also download
Volume 2 and
Volume 3.
Chapter One:Â A Historical PerspectiveÂ
Topics covered include:
1. IR Through the Ages
2.  From Newton to Einstein
3. Today's Applications
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Chapter One: A Historical Perspective, or click the Download Now button at the bottom of this page for a pdf version of
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Chapter Two: Theoretical Development
Topics covered include:
1. Radiation Basics
2.  Blackbody Concepts
3. From Blackbodies to Real Surfaces
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Chapter Three: IR Thermometers & Pyrometers
Topics covered include:
1. The N Factor
2.  Types of Radiation Thermometers
3. Design & Engineering
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Chapter Four: Infrared Thermocouples
Topics covered include:
1. Thermocouple Basics
2. Self-powered Infrared Thermocouples
3. Installation Guidelines
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Chapter Five: Fiber Optic Extensions
Topics covered include:
1. Fiber Advantages
2.  Fiber Applications
3. Component Options
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Chapter Six: Linescanning & Thermography
Topics covered include:
1. Infrared Linescanners
2.  2D Thermographic Analysis
3. Enter the Microprocessor
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Chapter Seven: Calibration of IR Thermometers
Topics covered include:
1. Why Calibrate?
2.  Blackbody Cavities
3. Tungsten Filament Lamps
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Chapter Eight: Products & Applications
Topics covered include:
1. Alternative Configurations
2.  Application Guidelines
3. Accessories & Options
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