Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering

<p><b>A multidisciplinary reference of engineering measurement tools, techniques, and applications</b></p> <p>”When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to the stage of science.” <i>— Lord Kelvin</i></p> <p>Measurement is at the heart of any engineering and scientific discipline and job function. Whether engineers and scientists are attempting to state requirements quantitatively and demonstrate compliance; to track progress and predict results; or to analyze costs and benefits, they must use the right tools and techniques to produce meaningful data.</p> <p>The <i>Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering</i> is the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference set on engineering and scientific measurements—beyond anything on the market today. Encyclopedic in scope, <i>Volume 3</i> covers measurements in physics, electrical engineering and chemistry:</p> <ul> <li>Laser Measurement Techniques</li> <li>Magnetic Force Images using Capacitive Coupling Effect</li> <li>Scanning Tunneling Microscopy</li> <li>Measurement of Light and Color</li> <li>The Detection and Measurement of Ionizing Radiation</li> <li>Measuring Time and Comparing Clocks</li> <li>Laboratory-Based Gravity Measurement</li> <li>Cryogenic Measurements</li> <li>Temperature-Dependent Fluorescence Measurements</li> <li>Voltage and Current Transducers for Power Systems</li> <li>Electric Power and Energy Measurement</li> <li>Chemometrics for the Engineering and Measurement Sciences</li> <li>Liquid Chromatography</li> <li>Mass Spectroscopy Measurements of Nitrotyrosine-Containing Proteins</li> <li>Fluorescence Spectroscopy</li> <li>X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy</li> <li>Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy</li> <li>Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy</li> <li>Nanomaterials Properties</li> <li>Chemical Sensing</li> </ul> Vital for engineers, scientists, and technical managers in industry and government, <i>Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering</i> will also prove ideal for academics and researchers at universities and laboratories.