A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature
The thermistor radiometer consists of a Wheatstone bridge formed of four thermistors, two of which are exposed to incident radiation and two of which are hidden from it and act as thermal compensators. The output from the bridge is suitably amplified and fed into a microammeter on which deflections...
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craippubl:10.1063/1.1771018 2024-02-11T10:01:14+01:00 A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature Stoll, Alice M. 1954 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1771018 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-pdf/25/2/184/8338916/184_1_online.pdf en eng AIP Publishing Review of Scientific Instruments volume 25, issue 2, page 184-187 ISSN 0034-6748 1089-7623 Instrumentation journal-article 1954 craippubl https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1771018 2024-01-26T09:50:31Z The thermistor radiometer consists of a Wheatstone bridge formed of four thermistors, two of which are exposed to incident radiation and two of which are hidden from it and act as thermal compensators. The output from the bridge is suitably amplified and fed into a microammeter on which deflections are read in microamperes and related to radiant temperatures by means of calibration charts. Calibrations are made against standard blackbody radiators and at present have been carried out for use of the instrument in ambient temperatures between −50°C and +30°C for measuring radiant temperatures between −185°C and +60°C. The instrument has been used successfully in (1) the measurement of skin temperatures indoors at normal room temperature and outdoors in ambient temperatures as low as −45°C; and (2) the measurement of the radiant temperature of the sky and ground in temperate and in arctic climates. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic AIP Publishing Arctic Wheatstone ENVELOPE(170.217,170.217,-72.617,-72.617) Review of Scientific Instruments 25 2 184 187 |
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The thermistor radiometer consists of a Wheatstone bridge formed of four thermistors, two of which are exposed to incident radiation and two of which are hidden from it and act as thermal compensators. The output from the bridge is suitably amplified and fed into a microammeter on which deflections are read in microamperes and related to radiant temperatures by means of calibration charts. Calibrations are made against standard blackbody radiators and at present have been carried out for use of the instrument in ambient temperatures between −50°C and +30°C for measuring radiant temperatures between −185°C and +60°C. The instrument has been used successfully in (1) the measurement of skin temperatures indoors at normal room temperature and outdoors in ambient temperatures as low as −45°C; and (2) the measurement of the radiant temperature of the sky and ground in temperate and in arctic climates. |
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A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature |
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A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature |
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A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature |
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A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature |
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A Wide-Range Thermistor Radiometer for the Measurement of Skin Temperature and Environmental Radiant Temperature |
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wide-range thermistor radiometer for the measurement of skin temperature and environmental radiant temperature |
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1954 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1771018 https://pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/article-pdf/25/2/184/8338916/184_1_online.pdf |
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Arctic |
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