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584 Index<br />

lens, 240, 242, 249, 277, 420<br />

Leslie, 393<br />

level detectors, 278, 291<br />

life test, 32<br />

LIGA, 547<br />

light, 111, 123, 136, 146, 243, 276, 411, 445,<br />

494, 511<br />

linearity, 21<br />

liquid, 278, 296, 363<br />

lithium, 66, 147, 222, 453<br />

load cells, 324<br />

logarithmic scale, 15<br />

logic circuits, 171<br />

long-term stability, 29<br />

loudspeaker, 3<br />

lumen, 130<br />

luminescence, 441<br />

LVDT, 263, 302, 325<br />

magnesium, 541<br />

magnet, 55, 268, 274<br />

magnetic field, 50, 53, 82, 103, 215, 268,<br />

314, 317, 371, 447<br />

magnetic flux, 267, 351<br />

magnetic noise, 216<br />

magnetic pole, 50<br />

magnetic reluctance sensor, 275<br />

magnetic sensor, 262, 540<br />

magnetic shielding, 216, 540<br />

magnetism, 50<br />

magnetite, 50<br />

magnetization, 52<br />

magnetoresistive sensor, 271<br />

magnetostrictive detector, 274<br />

manganese, 63<br />

mass, 305, 324, 359, 378, 516<br />

mass spectrometers, 520<br />

material characteristic, 468<br />

matrix, 487<br />

Maxwell, 371<br />

MCT, 423<br />

measurand, 2<br />

membrane, 427, 525<br />

MEMFET, 505<br />

MEMS, 269, 427, 430, 439, 534, 547<br />

MEMSIC, 310<br />

MEOMS, 547<br />

mercury switch, 257<br />

metal, 223, 272, 408, 504, 540<br />

metal carbides, 542<br />

metal films, 145, 549<br />

metal oxide, 69, 473, 503<br />

metallic electrode, 452<br />

metallization, 473<br />

Michelson, 383<br />

microbalance method, 525<br />

microbalance <strong>sensors</strong>, 516<br />

microcalorimetry, 513<br />

microcontroller, 185<br />

microgravimetric technique, 517<br />

micromachining, 547, 549<br />

microphone, 381<br />

microsensor, 510<br />

microwave, 288, 477<br />

microwave devices, 434<br />

mid-infrared, 111, 425, 426<br />

military standard, 32<br />

MIR, 289<br />

mirror, 134, 242<br />

modulation, 171, 290<br />

moisture, 66, 393, 396<br />

molybdenum, 542<br />

monolithic <strong>sensors</strong>, 491<br />

MOS, 188<br />

motion detector, 136, 227, 237<br />

MTBF, 31<br />

multiplexing, 183<br />

multiplicative noise, 209<br />

multivibrator, 178<br />

mutual inductance, 58<br />

natural frequency, 27, 344<br />

near-infrared, 111, 420<br />

Nernst equation, 507, 511<br />

neural network, 527<br />

neuron, 528<br />

Newton, 95, 115, 126<br />

Newton’s law, 313<br />

nichrome, 326, 430, 487<br />

nickel, 63, 224, 541<br />

noise, 178, 204, 219, 238, 275, 312, 351,<br />

417, 423, 522<br />

nonlinearity, 20, 21<br />

NTC, 465, 503<br />

nuclear radiation, 443<br />

n-wells, 85<br />

nylon, 539<br />

Nyquist, 371

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