Since emissivity is important for optical temperature measurement techniques, 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, Nov. 1993 as a starting point. Levent On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Baird, Deanna wrote: > 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 > > > *********************************** F. Levent Degertekin E.L. Ginzton Laboratory Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 Ph: (650) 723-8447 Fax: (650) 725-7509 email: levent@piezo.stanford.edu Web: http://acoustics.stanford.edu ***********************************