The basics and issues of Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Calibrations

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1089-1121

  Abdullah, Nadia ^a   Abu Talib, Abd Rahim ^b   Jaafar, Abdul Aziz ^b   Mohd Salleh, Mohamad Amran ^b   Chong, Wen Tong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Calibration; Colour space; Heat transfer; Liquid Crystal Thermography; Thermochromic Liquid Crystals

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; BASIC ELEMENTS; CALIBRATION METHOD; COLOUR SPACES; COLOURIMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

COLOR; CRYSTALS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED IMAGING; LIQUID CRYSTALS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

CALIBRATION;

EID: 77956170617     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2010.03.011     Document Type: Article

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