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Temperature, Second Edition gives a comprehensive account of the principles of thermometry over the range 0.5 K to about 3000 K. The book focuses on various topics on the field of thermometry such as the full description of the ITS-90, its practical application and preparation; accounts of total rad...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
1990.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Colección: | Monographs in physical measurement.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Temperature; Copyright Page; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; Table of Contents; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Note regarding References to the Proceedings of the Symposia on Temperature; CHAPTER 1. THE MEANING OF TEMPERATURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THERMOMETRY; 1-1 Temperature: some basic ideas; 1-2 Temperature in classical thermodynamics; 1-3 Temperature in statistical mechanics; 1-4 Thermal equilibrium, temperature in non-equilibrium conditions, and negative temperatures; 1-5 Values of T, K and R; 1-6 The origins of thermometry.
- 1-7 Primary and secondary thermometryReferences; CHAPTER 2. THERMODYNAMIC AND PRACTICAL TEMPERATURE SCALES; 2-1 Introduction; 2-2 The normal hydrogen scale; 2-3 The origins of the International Temperature Scale of 1927; 2-4 The principles of a practical temperature scale; 2-5 The evolution of ITS-27 and its modifications in 1948; 2-6 The definition of the unit of thermodynamic temperature: the kelvin; 2-7 The International Practical Temperature Scale of 1968 (IPTS-68); 2-8 The uniqueness of IPTS-68 at low temperatures; 2-9 The 1976 Provisional 0.5 K to 30 K Temperature Scale. EPT-76.
- 2-10 The 1958 4He and 1962 3He vapour pressure scales2-11 Departures from thermodynamic temperature of IPTS-68, EPT-76 and the 1958 and 1962 helium vapour pressure scales; 2-12 The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90); References; CHAPTER 3. THE MEASUREMENT OF THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURE; 3-1 Introduction; 3-2 Gas thermometry; 3-3 Acoustic thermometry; 3-4 Noise thermometry; 3-5 Magnetic thermometry; 3-6 Dielectric-constant and refractive-index gas thermometry; 3-7 Total radiation thermometry; CHAPTER 4. FIXED POINTS AND COMPARISON BATHS; 4-1 Introduction.
- 4-2 Comparison baths and furnaces4-3 Heat pipes; 4-4 Boiling points of water and sulphur; 4-5 The low temperature boiling and triple points; 4-6 Superconducting transition points; 4-7 The melting and freezing of metals; 4-8 The triple point of water, 273.16 K; CHAPTER 5. RESISTANCE THERMOMETRY; 5-1 The electrical resistance of metals, alloys and semi-conductors; 5-2 The resistivity of a pure metal as a function of temperature; 5-3 The resistivity of a semi-conductor as a function of temperature; 5-4 The high precision platinum resistance thermometer.
- 5-5 Industrial platinum resistance thermometry5-6 The rhodium/0.5% iron resistance thermometer; 5-7 The germanium resistance thermometer; 5-8 Thermistors; 5-9 Carbon and carbon-glass thermometers; 5-10 Platinum-cobalt resistance thermometers; 5-11 Effects of magnetic fields on resistance thermometers; 5-12 Resistance measurement in thermometry; CHAPTER 6. THERMOCOUPLES; 6-1 Introduction; 6-2 Elementary theory of thermoelectricity; 6-3 Thermocouple types; 6-4 Extension and compensating wires; 6-5 The calibration of thermocouples; 6-6 Reference junctions.