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Instrumentation Glossary: K

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. When referring to memory capacity, two to the tenth power (1024 in decimal notation). Symbol K. The unit of absolute or thermodynamic temperature scale based upon the Celsius scale with 100 units between the ice point and boiling point of water. 0°C = 273.15K (there is no degree (°) symbol used with the Kelvin scale). Equivalent to 1000 watts. Kilovolt amperes (1000-volt amps).

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Instrumentation Glossary: P

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. An optical illusion which occurs in analog meters and causes reading errors. It occurs when the viewing eye is not in the same plane, perpendicular to the meter face, as the indicating needle. Sending all data bits simultaneously. Commonly used for communications between computers and printer devices. PH(S) (Standard pH Scale):. The conventional standard pH scale established on t...

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Instrumentation Glossary: G

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. The force of acceleration due to gravity equal to 32.1739 ft/sec2 or 386 in./sec2. A measure of the ratio of the relative change of resistance to the relative change in length of a piezoresistive strain gage. The distance between two points where the measurement of strain occurs. A transducer which measures pressure in relation to the ambient pressure.

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Instrumentation Glossary: C

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. An equation that defines the resistance-temperature value of any pure metal that takes the form of RT = RO(1 AT BT2) for values between the ice point (0°C) and the freezing point of antimony (630.7°C) and the form RT = RO[1 AT BT2 C(T-100)T2] between the oxygen point (-183.0°C) and the ice point (0°C). A positively charged ion (Na , H ). Center of Gravity (Mass Center):. High-tem...

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Instrumentation Glossary: R

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. Random Access Memory (RAM):. Memory that can be both read and changed during computer operation. Unlike other semi-conductor memories, RAM is volatile-if power to the RAM is disrupted or lost, all the data stored is lost. Those values over which a transducer is intended to measure, specified by its upper and lower limits. The derivative function of a temperature controller. The p...

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Instrumentation Glossary: B

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. The total noise floor from all sources of interference in a measurement system, independent of the presence of a data signal. A system, device, file or facility that can be used as an alternative in case of a malfunction or loss of data. A symmetrical region around the set point in which proportional control occurs. A digital data output format where every decimal digit is repres...

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Instrumentation Glossary: O

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. Pertaining to a base 8 number system. The difference in temperature between the set point and the actual process temperature. Also, referred to as droop. Oxygen-free high-conductivity copper. The industrial designation of the pure copper used in a Type T thermocouple. An instrument used to measure electrical resistance. A controller whose action is fully on or fully off. The resi...

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Instrumentation Glossary: L

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. 1 A time delay between the output of a signal and the response of the instrument to which the signal is sent. 2. A time relationship between two waveforms where a fixed reference point on one wave occurs after the same point of the reference wave. Streamlined flow of a fluid where viscous forces are more significant than inertial forces, generally below a Reynolds number of 2000.

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Instrumentation Glossary: E

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. To reflect received data to the sender. For example, keys depressed on a keyboard are usually echoed as characters displayed on the screen. Electrical noise induced upon the signal wires that obscures the wanted information signal. The difference in potential established between an electrode and a solution when the electrode is immersed in the solution. The end points of a full s...

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Instrumentation Glossary: F

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Providing 100% Free Instrumentation eBooks, Videos and more. Since 23 June 2006. This blog with your INSTRUMENTATION contacts. A temperature scale defined by 32° at the ice point and 212° at the boiling point of water at sea level. A compressible tubular fitting that is compressed onto a probe inside a compression fitting to form a gas-tight seal. An assembly of measuring instruments for performing balancing operations on assembled machinery which is not mounted in a balancing machine. Formula Translatio...