Smoke Color Measuring Instrument.
Abstract
A device for measuring the color, brightness and optical density of smoke displays is described. The colorimeter measures the light reflected from a smoke with three detector-filter combinations designed to match the CIE colorimetric spectral functions. Data are presented for yellow, green and orange standard smoke formulas. In addition, experiments are described in which variations of color between yellow and green were evaluated. The colorimeter performed well in all experiments. The results of this work indicate that the colorimeter can be used both as a research tool to help determine optimum parameters in the design of smoke units and as a quality control device to insure that production units meet some minimum requirements for color and optical density.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 30, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA025509
Entities
People
- Forrest L. Burton
- Henry A. Webster Iii