Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements. Part 1. Concepts. Chapter 12. Blackbodies, Blackbody Radiation, and Temperature Scales

摘要

This is the eighth in a series of Technical Notes (910- ) entitled 'Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements'. It contains Chapter 12 of Part I of this Manual. Additional chapters will continue to be published, similarly, as they are completed. The Manual is a comprehensive tutorial treatment of the measurement of optical radiation that is complete enough for self-instruction. Detailed chapter summaries make it also a convenient authoritative reference source. In this chapter, the authors review the radiometric treatment, and the significance for radiometric measurements, of blackbodies, blackbody radiation, and temperature scales. Many important and interesting aspects are not treated because the authors primary interest is in radiometry and radiometric measurements. The emphasis is on ideal blackbodies and laboratory simulators; thermal radiation from other real sources will be treated in a chapter on Thermal Radiation Properties of Materials.