FLIR A3xx pt series, User Manual

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Table of contents
17 History of infrared technology........................................................... 129
18 Theory of thermography................................................................... 132
18.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 132
18.2 The electromagnetic spectrum................................................... 132
18.3 Blackbody radiation................................................................. 132
18.3.1 Planck’s law ................................................................ 133
18.3.2 Wien’s displacement law................................................ 134
18.3.3 Stefan-Boltzmann's law ................................................. 136
18.3.4 Non-blackbody emitters................................................. 136
18.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials............................................. 138
19 The measurement formula................................................................ 140
20 Emissivity tables ............................................................................. 144
20.1 References............................................................................ 144
20.2 Tables .................................................................................. 144
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