Thermodynamic Quantities Radiance Temperature Measurements Rate our Services Technical Contact:
Charles E. Gibson
Tel: 301/975-2329
E-mail: cgibson@nist.gov Please contact the technical staff before shipping instruments or standards to the address listed below. Mailing Address:
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8441
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8441
Fax: 301/869-5700 Service ID
Number | Description of Services | Fee ($) | | Calibration reports are issued giving the radiance temperature of the blackbody at 655.48 nm versus the scale reading, output current, or output voltage. | | 35010C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Disappearing Filament Optical Pyrometer (800 ºC to 2400 ºC, 4 to 12 points, 1 range) | 9144 | | 35020C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Disappearing Filament Optical Pyrometer (each additional range up to 4200 ºC, only available with 35010C) | 6604 | | 35040C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Disappearing Filament Optical Pyrometer (800 ºC to 4200 ºC, 1 range, 3 or fewer points) | 4572 | | Calibration reports are issued giving the radiance temperature of the lamp at 655.48 nm versus the lamp current. | | 35050C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Tungsten Strip Lamp (800 ºC to 2300 ºC, 6 to 16 points) | 12701 | | 35051C | Recalibration of Tungsten Strip Lamp (800 ºC to 2300 ºC, 6 to 16 points) | 10669 | | 35060C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Tungsten Strip Lamp ( 800 ºC to 2300 ºC, 5 or fewer points) | 8129 | | 35061C | Recalibration of Tungsten Strip Lamp ( 800 ºC to 2300 ºC, 5 or fewer points) | 6095 | | Calibration reports are issued giving the radiance temperature of the reference blackbody at 655.48 nm, 900 nm or 1000 nm versus the display reading, output current, or output voltage. | | 35070S | Special Tests of Radiation Thermometers (800 ºC to 2700 ºC) | At Cost | | 35071C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Radiation Thermometer (800 ºC to 2700 ºC, 6 to 20 points) | 9652 | | 35072C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Radiation Thermometer (800 ºC to 2700 ºC, 5 or fewer points) | 5080 | | Calibration reports are issued giving the thermodynamic temperature of the reference blackbody versus the radiation thermometer display reading, output current, or output voltage. | | 35080S | Special Tests of Radiation Thermometers (15 ºC to 900 ºC) | At Cost | | 35081C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Radiation Thermometer (15 ºC to 70 ºC, 3 points) | 5080 | | 35082C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Radiation Thermometer (70 ºC to 170 ºC, 3 points) | 5080 | | 35083C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Radiation Thermometer (400 ºC to 700 ºC, 3 points) | 5080 | | 35084C | Radiance Temperature Standard, Radiation Thermometer (700 ºC to 900 ºC, 3 points) | 5080 | | Calibration reports are issued giving the thermodynamic temperature of the reference blackbody versus the test blackbody source display reading. | | 35090S | Special Tests of Blackbody Sources (15 ºC to 900 ºC) | At Cost | | Calibration reports are issued giving the heat flux at the sensor surface versus the ouptut voltage. | | 35100S | Special Tests of Radiative Heat Flux Sensors | At Cost | | 35101C | Radiative Heat Flux Sensors (1 W/cm2 to 5 W/cm2, 9 points, Gardon and Schmidt-Boelter type sensors) | 4064 | | 35102C | Additional Radiative Heat Flux Sensor (same model as 35101C) | 3049 | Fees are subject to change without notice. Requests for the above calibration services are scheduled for completion within 90 days after the receipt of a purchase order and the test device. back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities | Standard | Temperature Range (°C) | Expanded Uncertainty (°C) | | Tungsten strip lamp | 800 to 1500 | 0.4 to 0.6
varies with temperature | | 1500 to 1900 | 0.6 to 0.9 | | 1900 to 2300 | 0.9 to 1.2 | Leeds & Northrup
Model 8000 series
Disappearing filament
optical pyrometer | 800 to 1600 | 4 | | 1600 to 2100 | 5 | | 1900 to 2300 | 7 | | 2400 to 2700 | 8 | | 2700 to 4200 | 17 to 25 | Pyrometer Instrument
Model 95
Disappearing filament
optical pyrometer
| 800 to 1400 | 3 | | 1400 to 1800 | 4 | | 1800 to 2400 | 5 | | 2400 to 2700 | 8 | | 2700 to 3200 | 12 | Infrared radiation
thermometer | 15 to 70 | 0.1 to 0.5 | | 70 to 170 | 0.1 to 0.5 | | 400 to 700 | 0.5 to 3 | | 700 to 900 | 2 to 5 | | 800 to 1500 | 0.7 to 0.9 | | 1500 to 1900 | 0.9 to 1.1 | | 1900 to 2300 | 1.1 to 1.4 | | 2300 to 2700 | 1.4 to 1.7 |
| Standard | Heat Flux (W/cm2) | Relative Expanded Uncertainty (%) | | Heat flux sensor | 1 to 5 | 2 | The NIST Quality System is based on the International Standard ISO/IEC 17025:1999(E) General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. These non-contact temperature calibration services provide access to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) as realized by NIST for the temperature range from 15 °C to 4200 °C. NIST disseminates the radiance temperature scale by issuing tungsten strip lamp standards of radiance temperature and by calibrating customer supplied pyrometers, radiation thermometers, and blackbody sources. back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities Disappearing Filament Optical Pyrometers (35010C-35040C) Customer supplied pyrometers are calibrated from 800 °C to 2700 °C by comparison to a high temperature blackbody. For temperatures above 2700 °C, measurements at lower temperatures are used to extrapolate the temperature measurements to 4200 °C. back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities Tungsten Strip Lamps (35050C-35061C) Tungsten strip lamps are supplied by NIST as standards of radiance temperature. The lamps are calibrated at 655.48 nm from 800 °C to 2300 °C by comparison to a reference strip lamp. back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities Radiation Thermometers (35070S-35084C)
Customer supplied radiation thermometers are calibrated from 15 °C to 2700 °C using various blackbodies. For the temperature range from 15 °C to 900 °C, NIST calibrates radiation thermometers with central wavelengths between 0.9 µm and 5 µm and between 8 µm to 14 µm by comparison to the blackbodies in the following table. | Blackbody | Temperature Range | Diameter of Cavity Aperture | Emissivity | | Water-bath | 15 °C to 70 °C | 10.8 cm | 0.9997(3) | | Oil-bath | 70 °C to 170 °C | 10.8 cm | 0.9997(3) | | Cesium heat-pipe | 400 °C to 700 °C | 2.2 cm | To be determined | | Sodium heat-pipe | 700 °C to 900 °C | 2.2 cm | 0.99992(3) | For temperatures from 800 °C to 2700 °C, radiation thermometers with central wavelengths of 650 nm, 900 nm, and 1000 nm are calibrated by comparison to a high temperature blackbody. The diameter of the cavity aperture is 2.54 cm and the emissivity is 0.9985(5). back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities Blackbody Sources (35090S) Customer supplied blackbody sources are calibrated from 15 °C to 900 °C by comparison to reference blackbodies using a transfer radiation thermometer. back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities Radiative Heat Flux Sensors (35100S-35102C)
NIST provides calibration service for Gardon and Schmidt-Boelter type sensors as radiative heat flux standards by using a high temperature blackbody as a source of irradiance. back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities
References-Radiation Thermometry NIST Measurement Services: Heat-Flux Sensor Calibration , B. Tsai, C. Gibson, A. Murthy, E. Early, D. Dewitt, and R. Saunders, Natl. Inst. Stand. Techynol. Spec. Publ. 250-65 (2004). The determination of the emissivity of the variable-temperature blackbody used in the dissemination of the US national scale of radiance temperature, H. W. Yoon, C. E. Gibson, and B. C. Johnson, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science, (TEMPMEKO '01), ed. B. Fellmuth, J. Seidel, and G. Scholz (Berlin, Germany) 221-226, (2001). Non-contact Thermometry in the Optical Technology Division at NIST, C. E. Gibson, H. W. Yoon, B. K. Tsai, B. C. Johnson, and R. D. Saunders, Thermosense XXIII, ed. A. E. Rozlosnik and R. B. Dinwiddie, Proceedings SPIE 4360, (Bellingham, Washington: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers), 333-341 (2001). The Kelvin and Temperature Measurements , B. W. Mangum, G. T. Furukawa, K. G. Kreider, C. W. Meyer, D. C. Ripple, G. F. Strouse, L. Tew, M. R. Moldover, B. C. Johnson, H. W. Yoon, C. E. Gibson, and R. D. Saunders, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 106(1), 105-149 (2001). Radiative Calibration of Heat Flux Sensors at NIST-Facilities and Techniques , A. V. Murthy, B. K. Tsai, and R. D. Saunders, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 105(2), 293-305 (2000). Comparative Calibration of Heat Flux Sensors in Two Blackbody Facilities , A. V. Murthy, B. K. Tsai, and R. D. Saunders, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 104(5), 487-494 (1999). High Heat Flux Sensor Calibration using Blackbody Radiation , A. V. Murthy, B. K. Tsai, and R. D. Saunders, Metrologia 35, 501-504 (1998). A comparison of ITS-90, above the silver point, as realised by NIST and NPL, G. Machin, C. Gibson, B. C. Johnson, and H. W. Yoon, Proc. 7th Intl. Symp. on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science, (TEMPMEKO '99), ed. J. F. Dubbeldam and M. J. de Groot (Delft, The Netherlands), 576-581 (1999). Determination of Radiance Temperature using Detectors Calibrated for Absolute Spectral Power Response, H. W. Yoon, and C. E. Gibson, Proc. 7th Intl. Symp. on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science, (TEMPMEKO '99), ed. J. F. Dubbeldam and M. J. de Groot (Delft, The Netherlands), 737-742 (1999). Second Intercomparison of Radiation Temperature Scales among Four National Metrological Laboratories Using a Transfer Standard Radiation Thermometer, F. Sakuma, H. Sakate, C. Gibson, B. C. Johnson, G. Machin, and J. Fischer,Proc. 7th Intl. Symp. on Temperature and Thermal Measurements in Industry and Science, (TEMPMEKO '99), ed. J. F. Dubbeldam and M. J. de Groot (Delft, The Netherlands), 239-244 (1999). NIST Measurement Services: Radiance Temperature Calibrations , C. Gibson, B. Tsia, A. Parr, NIST Spec. Publ. 250-43 (1998). International Comparisons Using Round-Robin Radiation Thermometers Organized by NRLM in the Last Four Years, F. Sakuma, H. Sakate, B. C. Johnson, C. Gibson, G. Machhin, T. Ricolfi, M. Battuello, and J. Fischer, Proc. 6th Intl. Conf. of Temperature and Thermal Measurements, (TEMPBEIJING '97), ed. Z. Baoyu, H. Lide, and Z. Xiaona (Standards Press of China, Sanhihe, Fuxingmenwai, Beijing 100045 China)39-44 (1997). Calibration of High Heat Flux Sensors at NIST , A. V. Murthy, B. K. Tsai, and C. E. Gibson,J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 102(4), 479-488 (1997). International Comparison of Radiation Temperature Scales Among Five National Metrological Laboratories Using a Transfer Standard Radiation Thermometer , B. C. Johnson, F. Sakuma, H. Sakate, C. Gibson, G. Machin, T. Ricolfi, M. Battuello, J. Fischer, and H. J. Jung, Metrologia 33, 241 (1996). Intercomparison of the ITS-90 Radiance Temperature Scales of the National Physical Laboratory (U.K.) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology , B.C. Johnson, C. Gibson, G. Machin, and R. L. Rusby, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 99 (6) 731-736, (1994). The New International Temperature Scale of 1990 and its Effect on Radiometric, Photometric, and Colorimetric Measurements and Standards, K. D. Mielenz, R. D. Saunders, A. C. Parr, and J. J. Hsia, CIE Proc. 22nd Session Melbourne 1991 no. 91 (1991). Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, J. F. Schooley, Ed., 6, Part 1, Amer. Inst. Phys., New York, NY (1992). Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, J. F. Schooley, Ed., 6, Part 2, Amer. Inst. Phys. New York, NY (1992). The International Temperature Scale of 1990, H. Preston-Thomas, Metrologia 27, 3-10 (1990). The 1990 NIST Scales of Thermal Radiometry, K. D. Mielenz, R. D. Saunders , A. C. Parr, and J. J. Hsia, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 95, 621 (1990). Spectroradiometric Determination of the Freezing Temperature of Gold , K. D. Mielenz, R. D., Saunders, and J. B. Shumaker, J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. 95 (1), 49-67 (1990). Temperature, T. J. Quinn, Academic Press, San Diego, CA (1990). Theory and Practice of Radiation Thermometry, D. P. Dewitt and G. D. Nutter, eds., John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY (1988). back to top | back to index of thermodynamic quantities Date created: 06/30/1999
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