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Understanding Infrared Thermography Reading 7 Part 2 of 2.pdf

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Figure A-10 illustrates the spectral transmission characteristics <strong>of</strong> 0.3 km <strong>of</strong><br />

ground level atmosphere (what is the object to detector distance in tabulating<br />

the chart? or this is not a factor as the transmittance is given as a ratio (%)<br />

with respect to transmittance in vacuum (Transmittance in vacuum=100%)).<br />

Two spectral intervals can be seen to have very high transmission. These are<br />

known as the 1.5 µm and the 8.14 µm atmospheric windows, and almost all<br />

infrared sensing and scanning instruments are designed to operate in one or<br />

the other <strong>of</strong> these windows. (unless) Usually, the difficulties encountered with<br />

transmitting media occur when the target is viewed by the instrument through<br />

another solid object such as a glass or quartz viewing port in a process.<br />

Keywords:<br />

These are known as the 1.5 µm and the 8.14 µm atmospheric windows.<br />

Charlie Chong/ Fion Zhang

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