Calibration of high heat flux sensors at NIST

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-488

  Murthy, A V ^a   Tsai, B K ^b,c   Gibson, C E ^b,c  

^a AeroTech Inc   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NIST Physics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute technique; Calibration; Heat flux; Irradiance; Radiation; Sensor; Transfer technique; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001263870     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.102.032     Document Type: Article

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