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Radiation thermometry

Instruments calibrated

  • Radiation thermometers (pyrometers, IR thermometers, “laser thermometers”, etc.)
  • Blackbodies (blackbody sources, calibration sources)
  • Thermal imaging cameras
  • Temperature range:
  • Radiation thermometers: from 10 °C to 1700 °C
  • Blackbodies: from –40 °C to 1700 °C*

* For temperatures below 0 °C, the blackbody must be capable of preventing condensation or ice formation in the cavity.

The aperture size is a maximum of 10–41 mm in diameter, depending on the temperature range.

Measurement uncertainty

Measurement uncertainty ranges from approximately 0.3 °C and upwards, depending on the spectral range, temperature and calibration object.

Method

Calibration is performed through comparison measurements with calibrated radiation thermometers or other types of calibrated thermometers.

The laboratory is equipped with several blackbodies and radiation thermometers. The radiation thermometers are calibrated at NPL (National Physical Laboratory) in the United Kingdom or PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) in Germany, in accordance with the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90), and can be used as transfer standards throughout the entire temperature range.

Contact thermometers used in our own, well-defined blackbodies are also calibrated at the Norwegian Metrology Service in accordance with ITS-90. These cover the temperature ranges 10–100 °C and 300–1000 °C.

If requested by the customer, calibrations may also include size-of-source (SSE) evaluation and distance testing (for radiation thermometers), or uniformity and stability measurements (for blackbodies).

Traceability chart, calibration of radiation thermometer/thermal imaging camera

 

Traceability chart, calibration of blackbody

 

 

Contact information

Åge Andreas Falnes Olsen

aao@justervesenet.no

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