E20.02 Progress through 2/27/09

WK21204 - Standard Guide for the Selection and Use of Wide-band, Low Temperature Infrared Thermometers

A rough draft is 60% complete. Once completed, this will need to be put into an ASTM writing style. The following sections still need to be written.
Referenced Documents
Terminology
Physical Considerations
Special Applications of IR Thermometry
-Measureing Metal Surfaces
-Atmospheric Attenuation
Keywords
Appendix 1. Graphical Summary of Equations for IR Thermometry
Appendix 2. Effect of Emissivity Uncertainty

We could still use a few ideas for Section 11. The outline for the guide currently looks like this.

1. Scope
2. Referenced Documents
3. Terminology
4. Basic Use of IR Thermometry
4.1. Basic IR Measurement
4.2. Locating a Hot or Cold Spot
5. Wideband Instruments
6. Emissivity
6.1. Methods of Determining Emissivity
6.1.a. Emissivity Tables
6.1.b. FTIR testing
6.1.c. Comparison method
6.1.d. Contact v Non-contact method
6.1.e. Blackbody method
6.2. Compensating for Emissivity
7. Background Radiation
8. Low Temperature Measurements
9. Optical Considerations
10. Physical Considerations
11. Special Applications of IR Thermometry
11.1. Measureing Metal Surfaces
11.2. Atmospheric Attenuation.
12. Keywords
Appendix 1. Graphical Summary of Equations for IR Thermometry
Appendix 2. Effect of Emissivity Uncertainty