Radiance Temperatures (in the Wavelength Range 521 to 1500 nm) of Rhenium and Iridium at Their Melting Points by a Pulse-Heating Technique

The melting-point radiance temperatures (at seven wavelengths in the range 521 to ISOOnm) of rhenium and iridium were measured by a pulse-heating technique. The method is based on rapid resistive self-heating of the specimen from room temperature to its melting point in less than 1 s and on simultaneously measuring the specimen radiance temperature every 0.5 ms with two high-speed pyrometers. Melting was manifested by a plateau in the radiance temperatureversus- time function for each wavelength. The melting-point radiance temperatures for a given specimen were determined by averaging the measured temperatures along the plateau at each wavelength. The melting-point radiance temperatures for each metal were determined by averaging results for several specimens at each wavelength. The results are as follows. Based on estimates of the random and systematic errors arising from pyrometry and specimen conditions, the expanded uncertainty (two standard-deviation