NDLI: Design and Evaluation of Large-Aperture Gallium Fixed-Point Blackbody

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Author	Khromchenko, V. B. Mekhontsev, S. N. Hanssen, L. M.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	To complement existing water bath blackbodies that now serve as NIST primary standard sources in the temperature range from 15 °C to 75 °C, a gallium fixed-point blackbody has been recently built. The main objectives of the project included creating an extended-area radiation source with a target emissivity of 0.9999 capable of operating either inside a cryo-vacuum chamber or in a standard laboratory environment. A minimum aperture diameter of 45 mm is necessary for the calibration of radiometers with a collimated input geometry or large spot size. This article describes the design and performance evaluation of the gallium fixed-point blackbody, including the calculation and measurements of directional effective emissivity, estimates of uncertainty due to the temperature drop across the interface between the pure metal and radiating surfaces, as well as the radiometrically obtained spatial uniformity of the radiance temperature and the melting plateau stability. Another important test is the measurement of the cavity reflectance, which was achieved by using total integrated scatter measurements at a laser wavelength of 10.6 μm. The result allows one to predict the performance under the low-background conditions of a cryo-chamber. Finally, results of the spectral radiance comparison with the NIST water-bath blackbody are provided. The experimental results are in good agreement with predicted values and demonstrate the potential of our approach. It is anticipated that, after completion of the characterization, a similar source operating at the water triple point will be constructed.
Starting Page	9
Ending Page	19
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0195928X
Journal	International Journal of Thermophysics
Volume Number	30
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15729567
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-06-06
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Blackbody Emissivity Fixed point Gallium Physical Chemistry Mechanics Condensed Matter Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Condensed Matter Physics

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