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An experimental proof of the hypothesis that there exists a statistically reliable correlation between the thermal conductivity
and dielectric permittivity of nonmetallic materials is presented.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Physicochemical MeasurementsPages 1-6DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9940-zAuthors
V. S. Roife, Research Institute of Structural Physics, Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

A method of reducing the error in restoring the relative levels of the amplitude directivity diagram of aperture antennas,
based on the use of a posteriori processing of the amplitude-phase distribution of the electromagnetic field, measured on
a plane surface close to the antenna aperture, is proposed.

Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-4DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9939-5Authors
M. S. Shkurkin, Main Scientific Metrological Center of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, Mytishchi, Russia

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

The results of work carried out by the SC77C subcommittee of the International Electrotechnical Commission to produce a system
of standards on the protection of the civil infrastructure from high-power electromagnetic influences are analyzed. The main
approaches to the development of foreign and Russian standards are compared.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Radio MeasurementsPages 1-6DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9938-6Authors
K. Yu. Sakharov, All-Russia Research Institute of Optophysical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Moscow, RussiaYu. V. Parfenov, Joint Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences (OIVT RAN), Moscow, RussiaL. N. Zdukhov, Joint Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences (OIVT RAN), Moscow, RussiaB. A. Titov, Joint Institute of High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences (OIVT RAN), Moscow, RussiaV. A. Turkin, All-Russia Research Institute of Optophysical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Moscow, Russia

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

The effect of the type of contacts between the wire sample and the current input leads on the excess current noise is investigated.
The spectral characteristics of this noise and the current dependence of their spectral densities are determined. It is established
that only a welded contact ensures that there is no excess noise voltage in the 20–200

An original operating standard of the unit of magnetic induction gradient, developed at the Mendeleev Institute of Metrology,
is described which enables one to calibrate working standards, intended, in turn, for calibrating industrial magnetic gradiometers.
The total expanded uncertainty (k = 2) of the reproduction of the unit is 0.3% in the 0.01–10 mT/m range.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Electromagnetic MeasurementsPages 1-6DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9937-7Authors
V. N. Khorev, Mendeleev All-Russia Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM), St Petersburg, RussiaV. Ya. Shifrin, Mendeleev All-Russia Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM), St Petersburg, RussiaS. A. Shubin, Mendeleev All-Russia Research Institute of Metrology (VNIIM), St Petersburg, RussiaPo Gyu Park, Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Korea

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

The results of the development of an integrated high-performance antenna-type microbolometer and a computer experiment to
investigate its expected parameters and characteristics are presented. It is shown that the use of a metamaterial in the heat-sensitive
element, which is the load of a double-threaded spiral antenna, enables the main parameters of the receiver, which determine
its practical suitability, to be improved.

Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-4DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9936-8Authors
A. K. Esman, Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, BelarusV. K. Kuleshov, Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, BelarusG. L. Zykov, Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

A design of an inertial Coriolis flowmeter based on reading of information by force gauges is proposed. Variants of elements
of the design of an automatic verification system are described and an explanation of the operating principles of the elements
and means of signal processing is given.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Mechanical MeasurementsPages 1-5DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9932-zAuthors
K. V. Gudkov, Penza State Technological Academy, Penza, RussiaM. Yu. Mikheev, Penza State Technological Academy, Penza, RussiaV. A.Yurmanov, Penza State Technological Academy, Penza, RussiaN. K. Yurkov, Penza State University, Penza, Russia

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

A standard radiator in the form of a model of an absolutely black body, designed to provide a metrological backup for radiation
thermometry in the 100–1250°C temperature range, is described. The construction of the instrument is considered and its technical
and metrological characteristics are given.

Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-4DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9934-xAuthors
A. V. Zuev, METROPIR Scientific and Production Laboratory (NPL METROPIR), St. Petersburg, RussiaV. A. Rozhkov, METROPIR Scientific and Production Laboratory (NPL METROPIR), St. Petersburg, RussiaV. A. Chistyakov, METROPIR Scientific and Production Laboratory (NPL METROPIR), St. Petersburg, Russia

Journal Measurement TechniquesOnline ISSN 1573-8906Print ISSN 0543-1972

A new method for the measurement of color differences is described. By means of the method, it becomes possible to find the
shortest (i.e., in terms of color discrimination thresholds) path between two color points which in a standard non-equicontrast
CIE 1931 color space is not a straight line. The method is based on local transformations of infinitely small regions of a
given color space with the use of data on color discrimination thresholds obtained by interpolation or approximation of experimental
data.

Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-6DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9930-1Authors
I. A. So, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia

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A calibrated polarization-independent Fresnel attenuator of laser radiation power based on two Dove prisms is proposed and
implemented. A method of alignment of such an attenuator relative to the axis of the laser beam and a method of determining
the principal directions of polarization of the laser radiation is proposed. By means of model calculations it is shown and
experimentally confirmed that imperfections in the manufacture of the prisms and assembly of the attenuator may be compensated
by rotating the structure by given angles accompanied by corresponding variations in the total reflection factor of the system.

Content Type Journal ArticlePages 1-7DOI 10.1007/s11018-012-9929-7Authors
A. A. Kovalev, All-Russia Research Institute of Optophysical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Moscow, RussiaA. S. Mikryukov, All-Russia Research Institute of Optophysical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Moscow, RussiaS. A. Moskalyuk, All-Russia Research Institute of Optophysical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Moscow, RussiaE. B. Yankevich, All-Russia Research Institute of Optophysical Measurements (VNIIOFI), Moscow, Russia

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