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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 | |