IDEAL INDUSTRIES HeatSeeker 160 instruction manual Appendix, A1. Emissivity Tables

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Appendix

A1. Emissivity Tables

Emissivity Look-up Tables in Camera

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0.98= Human skin

0.94= Paint, oil

0.93= Brick red

0.92= Concrete

0.90= Planed Oak Wood

0.79= Oxidized steel

0.78= Oxidized Copper

0.76= Sand

0.70= Red Rust

0.67= Water

0.64= Oxidized Cast Iron

General Emissivity Look-up Tables

0.98	= Carbon filed surface	0.79	= Steel oxidized
0.98	= Frost crystals	0.78	= Copper heavily oxidized
0.98	= Human skin	0.77	= Cotton cloth
0.97	= Slate	0.76	= Sand
0.96	= Water distilled	0.75	= Unglazed silica
0.96	= Ice smooth	0.74	= Oxidized iron at 100°C
0.95	= Soil saturated with water	0.73	= Coating No. C20A
0.95	= Carbon candle soot	0.72	= Basalt
0.94	= Glass polished plate	0.71	= Graphitized carbon at 500°C
0.94	= Paint, oil	0.70	= Red Rust
0.93	= Brick red	0.69	= Iron sheet heavily rusted
0.93	= Paper white bond	0.67	= Water
0.92	= Concrete	0.66	= Black Loam
0.92	= Soil dry	0.65	= White cement
0.91	= Plaster rough coat	0.64	= Iron cast oxidized
0.90	= Wood planed oak	0.63	= Lead oxidized at 1100°F
0.90	= Glazed earthenware	0.62	= Zirconia on inconel
0.89	= Snow, granular	0.61	= Cu-Zn, brass oxidized
0.88	= Glazed Silica	0.58	= Inconel sheet at 760°C
0.87	= Cuprous Oxide at 38°C	0.56	= Smooth white marble
0.86	= Emery Corundum	0.55	= Al anodized chromic acid
0.85	= Snow	0.21	= Iron cast polished
0.85	= Stainless oxidized at 800°C	0.20	= Brass rubbed 80 grit emery
0.84	= Oxidised Iron at 500°C	0.16	= Stainless steel 18-8 buffed
0.83	= Cuprous Oxide at 260°C	0.09	= Aluminium as received
0.82	= Snow, fine particles	0.07	= Steel polished
0.81	= Brass, unoxidized	0.05	= Aluminium polished sheet
0.80	= Glass, convex D	0.05	= Copper polished
		0.03	= Brass highly polished

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