User:Texliebmann/ASTM Subcommittee E20.02 on Radiation Thermometry

The ASTM Subcommittee E20.02 on Radiation Thermometry is a subcommittee of the ASTM Committee E20 on Temperature Measurement. The subcommittee is responsible for standards relating to radiation or infrared (IR) temperature measurement. The E20.02's standards are published along with the rest of the E20's standards in the Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Volume 14.03. E20.02 has been head by Frank Liebmann since 2008.

History
The E20.02 was started shortly after the E20 Committee was established in 1962.

Past Chairmen
The following people have served as E20.02 chairman.
 * Henry J. Kostkowski (ca. 1962 - ca. 1974)
 * Eugene A. Nutter (ca. 1974 - 1982)
 * Ray Peacock (1982 - 2008)

Membership
Membership in the organization is open to anyone with an interest in its activities. Participating members join this subcommittee to write standards and to forward their own interests.

Subcommittee meetings generally take place in May in November as part of the E20 meetings.

Current Standards
E 1256 – 95: Standard Test Method for Radiation Thermometers (Single Waveband Type)

This standard contains test methods for the following areas.


 * Calibration Accuracy Test Method
 * Repeatability Test Method
 * Target Size Test Method
 * Response Time Test Method
 * Warm-Up Time Test Method
 * Long-Term Drift Test Method

Current Work Items
WK21204 - Standard Guide for the Selection and Use of Wide-band, Low Temperature Infrared Thermometers

This standard will be a guide for the use of handheld IR thermometers operating in the 8 – 14 μm bandwidth. This includes a bulk of the IR thermometers in operation today. The standard is being written to include the following topics.


 * Basic Use of IR Thermometry
 * Basic IR Measurement
 * Locating a Hot or Cold Spot
 * Wideband Instruments
 * Emissivity
 * Methods of Determining Emissivity
 * Emissivity Tables
 * FTIR testing
 * Comparison method
 * Contact v Non-contact method
 * Blackbody method
 * Compensating for Emissivity
 * Background
 * Low Temperature Measurements
 * Optical Considerations
 * Physical Considerations
 * Special Applications of IR Thermometry
 * Measuring Metal Surfaces
 * Atmospheric Attenuation

Future Work Items

 * Special Issues in Using a Wideband Low Temperature Instrument
 * Specification of IRTs
 * Calibration of IR Thermometers