GENERAL USES AND METHODS OF THERMISTORS IN TEMPERATURE INVESTIGATIONS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A TECHNIQUE FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY CONTACT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
Open Access
- 30 June 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 25 (3) , 507-512
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.25.3.507
Abstract
The thermistor (thermally sensitive resistor) provides a readily available instrument for temp. measurement and control inherently superior to instruments now in use. It is small, inexpensive, and yet highly sensitive to changes in temp. This paper reviews the general properties, applications, and methods of use of thermistors to physiological temp. investigations, and describes a technic using a 0.4 mm. diam. thermistor bead for high sensitivity (0.01[degree] C) contact thermometry in the field.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Temperature Measurement inside the Body Using a ThermistorScience, 1949
- THE FIBERGLASS ELECTRICAL SOIL-MOISTURE INSTRUMENTSoil Science, 1949
- A Device for Obtaining a Continuous Record of Body Temperature From the External Auditory CanalScience, 1948
- A Simple Resistance Thermometer for Blood-Temperature MeasurementsScience, 1947