Since emissivity is important for optical temperature measurement systems, several researchers have measured this parameter. You can look at a paper by P.J. Timans in Journal of Applied Physics vol. 74, no. 10, pp. 6353-64 as a starting point. Levent >Has anyone written emissivity tables for silicon within your >organization? >Since the emissivity changes with heat, I would expect this may be >difficult >to measure. >Any help you can provide would be helpful. >Thank you. >Regards, >Deanna >Deanna Baird >FLIR Systems, Inc >Manager - Applications >16505 SW 72nd Avenue >Portland, OR 97224 >(503)684-3731 ext 833