This three-day course covers the measurement of temperature and the calibration of temperature measuring instruments. It incorporates extensive hands-on practical exercises.

Objectives

The course provides participants with the skills:

• to understand the principles of operation of common temperature sensors and their instrumentation, especially thermocouples and resistance, radiation and liquid-in-glass thermometers
• to employ suitable processes for calibrating and using temperature measurement equipment 
• to identify various sources of error that affect temperature measurements
• to develop the technical understanding required to become a NATA signatory

Outline

The topics covered include:

• physics of temperature measurement
• temperature scale, traceability and international standards
• thermocouple electromotive force, measurement and calibration 
• properties of thermocouples and systematic errors
• infrared and general radiation thermometry and their application
• errors and calibration in radiation thermometry
• calibration baths and furnaces
• digital thermometers 
• resistance thermometry: associated errors and calibration 
• enclosure testing (multi-site measurements)
• liquid-in-glass thermometry
• estimating measurement uncertainty (participants with limited experience would benefit from attending our Introduction to Estimating Measurement Uncertainty course)
• extensive hands-on practical exercises in measurement

Course Details

29 to 31 March 2011. The course will start at 9 am and end by 5 pm. Numbers are limited so please register early.

Fee

$1600 which includes GST, lunches, refreshments, Monograph 5 Thermocouples in Temperature Measurement, Monograph 8 Humidity and its Measurement, Monograph 9 Liquid-in-Glass Thermometry, Monograph 11 Platinum Resistance Thermometry, Monograph 12 Radiation Thermometry and other course material.

Contact Us

Phone (02) 8467 3796 or email training@measurement.gov.au.