The Importance of Outgassing
June 12, 2025
What is outgassing? Outgassing is the release of trapped gases from a solid or liquid material, typically when exposed to vacuum, heat, or specific environmental conditions....
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Infrared, Emissivity, and Black Coatings: Clearing Up Common Misunderstandings
April 20, 2025
When engineers talk about “black coatings,” they often mean very different things. Some think in terms of aesthetics, others of visibility, and many about infrared absorption...
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Everything you need to know about MaxiBlack™
February 5, 2025
Maxi Black™ is a top-tier light-absorbing material designed to control light reflection outstandingly across a wide spectral range, covering UV, VIS, and SWIR regions. However, where...
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Specular Reflectance – The foundation of Precision
December 17, 2024
When thinking about reflection, the first thought that comes to mind might be a mirror – a surface that immediately outputs an accurate image. This phenomenon...
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Far Infrared (FIR)
December 11, 2024
What is the source of the warmth that we fill? How do human beings generate heat? The answer is – Thermal Infrared Radiation The unseen radiation that...
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What is Black anodized aluminum?
December 26, 2022
Anodizing is an electrochemical process that thickens and toughens the naturally occurring oxide layer on metal surfaces, providing excellent corrosion and wear resistance. This process is...
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Black oxide coating
December 21, 2022
Black oxide coating is an efficient method of protecting metals from corrosion, wear and tear and other environmental hazards. It is a chemical bath process which...
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Emmisivity in Passive Thermal Management
August 15, 2022
All devices generate waste heat as a by-product of their operation. This heat needs to be dissipated in order to avoid the generation of undesirable high...
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Everything You Need To Know About Black Wrinkle Powder Coatings
July 20, 2022
Wrinkle powder coatings appear textured and crackled. They come in single color tones, and many include additional metallic for elevated color and shine. Wrinkle powder coatings...
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Where Can We Meet Infrared Waves Every Day?
July 4, 2022
Infrared waves are electromagnetic radiations invisible to our naked eyes, and their frequency band lies between 740 nm and 400000 nm. Since our eyes can not...
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A Detailed Exploration into The Blackest Black
December 23, 2021
About Light and Color Visible light is a category of electromagnetic waves that we are capable of seeing. When light hits an object, some of it...
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An In Depth Guide To Understanding Black Bodies
November 11, 2021
What Is The Meaning of a Black Body? A black body, also written as blackbody, is a theoretical construct describing an object that absorbs all electromagnetic...
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Everything You Need To Know About Black Anodizing
November 7, 2021
What is Anodizing? Before we can begin to answer the question “what is black anodizing?” we must understand what anodizing itself is. Anodizing is the electrochemical...
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SWIR Sensors
April 13, 2021
What is Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) and Electromagnetic Spectrum? Did you know we can only 0.0035% of the world around us? The Electromagnetic Spectrum comprises of radio...
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Stray Light Reduction in Industrial Optics
March 11, 2021
Getting to know the principles of stray light reduction is key to getting accurate measurements while working with your optical device. Whether it’s a telescope, microscope,...
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What are light modifiers and how to use them?
March 11, 2021
As we all know, correct lighting crucial to a professional looking photograph. It’s also in the literal meaning of the term photography – “drawing with light”....
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Infrared Spectroscopy (IRS) – A Molecular Overview
March 11, 2021
What is infrared spectroscopy? infrared spectroscopy (also known as IR spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy, or – IRS) is the measurement of infrared radiation as it interacts with...
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What Is Optical Coating?
March 10, 2021
A proper definition of an optical coating is one or more thin layers of material creates an effect and interaction between light and a certain optical...
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How to Increase Surface Emissivity & When It Is Essential?
March 9, 2021
We have always been fascinated by how engineering systems handle all sorts of critical environmental challenges. Whether it is NASA dealing with high temperatures (up to...
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