A built-in sensor head detects the material/surface-speci c infrared rays
emitted by every object. The level of these emissions is determined by the
material's emission coef cient (0.01 to 0.99). This instrument is preset to an
emission coef cient of 0.95, which is applicable to most organic materials
as well as plastics, ceramics, wood, rubber and stone. For details of those
materials with a different emission coef cient, please refer to the table.
Unknown emission coef cient:
Apply masking tape or black matt paint to the surface of the area whose
temperature you wish to measure. Wait until the tape/paint has heated up.
The temperature of the surface can then be measured with an emission
coef cient of 0.95.
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Emission coef cient tables
Asbestos
Asphalt
Basalt
Brick, red
Carborundum
Ceramics
China
Brilliant white
With glaze
Clay
Coal
Non-oxidised
Concrete, plaster,
mortar
Cotton
Earthenware, matt
Fabric
Glass
Graphite
Gravel
Gypsum
Heat sink
Black, anodized
Human skin
Ice
Clear
With heavy frost
Lime
Lime malm brick
Nonmetals
0.93
Limestone
0.95
Marble
Black, dull finish
0.70
Greyish, polished
0.93
Masonry
0.90
Paint
0.95
Black, matt
Heat-resistant
0.7 - 0.75
White
0.92
Paper
0.95
All colours
Plastic
0.8 - 0.9
Translucent
0.93
PE, P, PVC
Rubber
0.77
Hard
0.93
Soft, grey
0.95
Quartz glass
0.85 - 0.94
Snow
0.7 - 0.8
Soil
0.95
Tar
0.8 - 0.95
Tar paper
Transformer paint
0.98
Wallpaper,
0.98
light-coloured
Water
0.97
Wood
0.98
Untreated
0.3 - 0.4
Beech, planed
0.95
CondenseSpot
0.98
0.94
0.93
0.93
0.96 - 0.98
0.92
0.85 - 0.95
0.95 - 0.97
0.95
0.94
0.94 - 0.95
0.89
0.93
0.80
0.9 - 0.98
0.79 - 0.84
0.91 - 0.93
0.94
0.88 - 0.90
0.93
0.8 - 0.95
0.94
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