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Preface to First Edition | |
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Preface to Second Edition | |
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General Reading for First Edition | |
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Acknowledgements for First Edition | |
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Acknowledgements for Figures and Tables | |
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Measurement and Traceability | |
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Introduction | |
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Measurement | |
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Temperature | |
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Traceability | |
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The SI | |
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Documentary Standards | |
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Laboratory Accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 | |
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National Measurement System | |
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Further Reading | |
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Uncertainty in Measurement | |
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Introduction | |
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Risk, Uncertainty and Error | |
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Distributions, Mean and Variance | |
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The Normal Distribution | |
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Experimental Measurements of Mean and Variance | |
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Evaluating Type A Uncertainties | |
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Evaluating Type B Uncertainties | |
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Combining Uncertainties | |
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Propagation of Uncertainty | |
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Correlated Uncertainties | |
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Interpolation | |
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Least-squares Fitting | |
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The ISO Guide and its Application | |
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Reporting Uncertainties | |
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Further Reading | |
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The ITS-90 Temperature Scale | |
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Introduction | |
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The Triple Point of Water | |
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ITS-90 | |
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The Propagation of Uncertainty on ITS-90 | |
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Further Reading | |
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Use of Thermometers | |
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Introduction | |
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Heat Transfer | |
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Thermal Properties of Materials | |
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Errors in the Use of Thermometers | |
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Models and Methods | |
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Further Reading | |
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Calibration | |
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Introduction | |
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The Meaning of Calibration | |
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Calibration Design | |
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Documentary Requirements | |
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Calibration Methods | |
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Further Reading | |
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Platinum Resistance Thermometry | |
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Introduction | |
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Resistance in Metals | |
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Platinum Resistance Thermometers | |
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Resistance Measurement | |
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Errors in Resistance Thermometry | |
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Choice and Use of Resistance Thermometers | |
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Calibration of Resistance Thermometers | |
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Other Resistance Thermometers | |
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Further Reading | |
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Liquid-in-glass Thermometry | |
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Introduction | |
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Construction of Liquid-in-glass Thermometers | |
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Errors in Liquid-in-glass Thermometry | |
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Choice and Use of Liquid-in-glass Thermometers | |
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Calibration | |
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Further Reading | |
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Thermocouple Thermometry | |
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Introduction | |
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The Thermoelectric Effects | |
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Thermocouple Types | |
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Construction | |
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Instrumentation | |
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Errors in Thermocouples | |
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Choice and Use of Thermocouples | |
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Calibration | |
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Further Reading | |
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Radiation Thermometry | |
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Introduction | |
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Blackbodies and Blackbody Radiation | |
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Spectral Band Thermometers | |
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Errors in Spectral Band Thermometry | |
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Use and Care of Radiation Thermometers | |
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Practical Blackbodies | |
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Calibration of Radiation Thermometers | |
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Other Radiation Thermometers | |
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Further Reading | |
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Further Information for Least-Squares Fitting | |
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The Differences between ITS-90 and IPTS-68 | |
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Resistance Thermometer Reference Tables | |
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Thermocouple Reference Tables | |
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Index | |