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16 Thermographic measurement techniques ...................................................................................
16.1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................................
16.2 Emissivity ..............................................................................................................................
16.2.1 Finding the emissivity of a sample .......................................................................
16.2.1.1
16.2.1.2
16.3 Reflected apparent temperature ..........................................................................................
17 History of infrared technology ......................................................................................................
18 Theory of thermography ................................................................................................................
18.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................
18.2 The electromagnetic spectrum ............................................................................................
18.3 Blackbody radiation ..............................................................................................................
18.3.1 Planck's law ..........................................................................................................
18.3.2 Wien's displacement law ......................................................................................
18.3.3 Stefan-Boltzmann's law .........................................................................................
18.3.4 Non-blackbody emitters .......................................................................................
18.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials .....................................................................................
19 Emissivity tables .............................................................................................................................
19.1 References ............................................................................................................................
19.2 Important note about the emissivity tables ..........................................................................
19.3 Tables ....................................................................................................................................
Index ................................................................................................................................................
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Step 1: Determining reflected apparent temperature .......................
Step 2: Determining the emissivity ...................................................
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