THERMAL RADIATION PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

Abstract

Methods are described for measurement of total normal emittance, in air, for temperatures up to 2500 deg F; for normal spectral reflectance, in air, at low temperature for wavelengths from 0.30 to 25 microns; and in air, at 1000 deg F for wavelengths from 1 to 25 microns. Results are given for 20 samples of different materials and the measured total emittances are generally within 5% of values predicted from reflectance measurements. Reflectances were measured as a function of angle for wavelengths of the order of 1 micron, to give absorptances as a function of angle of incidence that are useful in the appraisal of solar irradiation. A spectral emittance unit is described and the preliminary results for samples at 1400 deg F show general agreement with measured values of spectral reflectance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0270454

Entities

People

  • R. A. Seban
  • R. E. Rolling

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Boron Carbides
  • Climate Change
  • Emittance
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Transfer
  • Low Temperature
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reflectance
  • Reflection
  • Spectral Emittance
  • Stainless Steel
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.