Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers

2001
ISBN: 978-0-387-95056-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 319 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 1890 g

Knowledge of instrumentation is for experimentalists a kind of fluency in the language of measurement. But it is a fluency not so commonly possessed, and without which much of the experimental process remains hidden and mysterious. The basic goal in writing this book is to provide a treatment of useful depth of the basic elements of the instrumentation "language," namely electronics, sensors, and measurement. The present epoch is arguably a golden age for instrumentation. The crucial ingredient has been the exceptional development of semiconductor fabrication technology, and this has led to the present richness in both analog and digital inte­ grated circuits. The former provide relatively inexpensive but high-performance electronic modules (such as the operational amplifier) which can serve as build­ ing blocks for more complex circuits, whereas the latter have culminated in the desktop computer, which has permeated modem life generally and revolu­ tionized the instrumentation world with its capacity to act as a measurement controller and data storage center. Finally, silicon micromachining is creating a host of new sensors for such quantities as acceleration and pressure.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blackburn, James A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemische Labormethoden, Stöchiometrie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Geophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Forschungsmethodik, Wissenschaftliche Ausstattung
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Experimentalphysik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Mess- und Automatisierungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I Electronic.- 1 Physical Quantities.- 2 DC Circuits.- 3 AC Circuits.- 4 Bridge Circuits.- 5 Amplifiers.- 6 Special-Purpose Circuits.- 7 Waveform Generators.- 8 Filters.- II Sensors.- 9 Temperature.- 10 Light.- 11 Magnetic Fields.- 12 Strain.- 13 Pressure.- 14 Displacement and Rotation.- 15 Acceleration.- III Measurements.- 16 DC Measurements.- 17 AC Measurements.- 18 Data Acquisition.- 19 Data Acquisition Systems.