11517 History of infrared technology ......................................................................................................
11918 Theory of thermography ................................................................................................................
11918.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................................
11918.2 The electromagnetic spectrum ............................................................................................
12018.3 Blackbody radiation ..............................................................................................................
12118.3.1 Planck’s law ..........................................................................................................
12218.3.2 Wien’s displacement law ......................................................................................
12418.3.3 Stefan-Boltzmann's law .........................................................................................
12418.3.4 Non-blackbody emitters .......................................................................................
12718.4 Infrared semi-transparent materials .....................................................................................
12919 Emissivity tables .............................................................................................................................
12919.1 References ............................................................................................................................
12919.2 Important note about the emissivity tables ..........................................................................
12919.3 Tables ....................................................................................................................................
145Index ................................................................................................................................................
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