Thermocouple thermometry in microwave fields

1 November 1981

journal article
Published by IOP Publishing in Clinical Physics and Physiological Measurement

Vol. 2 (4) , 285-292
https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0815/2/4/005

Abstract

The causes of some of the artefacts and hazards resulting from the use of thermocouples in a 434 MHz microwave field have been investigated. The factors influencing their magnitudes are discussed.

Keywords

THERMOCOUPLE THERMOMETRY
HAZARDS RESULTING
MHZ MICROWAVE
ARTEFACTS
MAGNITUDES
FACTORS INFLUENCING
THERMOCOUPLES

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