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[*] posted on 6-6-2012 at 08:03
High temperature, high speed thermometer


Hi guys, I am looking for a thermometer capable of measuring at least 7000K for an event lasting under 1ms.

Does such a device exist?
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[*] posted on 7-6-2012 at 10:56


Quote: Originally posted by Fusionfire  
Hi guys, I am looking for a thermometer capable of measuring at least 7000K for an event lasting under 1ms.
A spectroscope and a camera with an adequate trigger will do it, but I don't know of a COTS (=commercial off-the-shelf) device that you can just buy.
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[*] posted on 7-6-2012 at 11:32



What response times have infrared (point and measure types) thermometers?
If there response times are very fast then it may be possible to obtain one with a electrical output that can be connected to a recorder, etc.
Don't know if they are availabe to go up to 7000K

Googleing "measureing very high very fast thermal events"
gives some reading.

http://www.flir.com/cs/emea/en/view/?id=53533

If you were to place an appropriate filter over an ordinary digital camera, set it up for shutter open (bulb), and have a narrow slit moving accross the front of the lense at the appropriate time?
Would the brightness of the line in the image give a usable signal?
Just some guesses

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[Edited on 7-6-2012 by dann2]
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[*] posted on 7-6-2012 at 13:55


I would have said 'spectroscope' too. Ordinary IR pyrometers are not that fast. At 7000K analysing the blackbody radiation via spectroscopy is the method I would attempt.



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[*] posted on 22-6-2012 at 18:03


Spectroscope would be best for blackbody radiation, but 7000K for <1ms is probably plasma - that means the light spectrum will be coming from other mechanisms and not very useful for measuring temperature. The FLIR microbolometer would suffer the same problem, and when I bought an infra-red thermometer I was told not to point it at flames (no idea why).
I think temperatures in these cases are calculated theoretically. (e.g. when they say an atom bomb reaches X temp. for the first microsecond). If you describe what you are trying to measure, perhaps someone can help you find a model to estimate the answer.
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