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Old 01-December-2008, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Vallkynn View Post
You can also get the water temperature by measuring the thermal radiation emission. Here you don't change the observed object...
But through the emission the temperature does change. And as part of the surrounding environment the measuring device does participate in the radiation balance of the system. The magnitude of the effect of the measurement on the system being measured can be affected by the technique chosen but it is never zero.
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