Revealing Technology Around Us

But there is a solution to this. The thermometer can be calibrated for different objects.
Calibration of pyrometer helps in finding the temperatureof materials of different emissivity and
also the objects that are inside some other material.

Let's look at some of the common ways in which infraredthermometers are used.

1. In kitchen

This has an important role in the kitchen. If youcook, you would know that it's very

important to know how hot the oil is, while frying.One can not just use the regular

mercury thermometer for that. Pyrometer is extensivelyused in kitchens for identifying

temperature. Also, in restaurants, professionals useit to maintain the temperature of

tea/coffee at which it is suitable for consumption.

This device has lots of applications in the kitchenand household.

2. For medical reasons

We are already familiar with the use in this pandemictime. It is used for measuring the

temperature of the body, as fever is the most commonsymptom for COVID-19.

Wherever we go, we first have to get our body temperaturechecked with this.

3. For identifying leaks

It is also used to find leaks in windows and doors.In winters, when the temperature out

is very low, a leak can cause lots of waste of energy.So to prevent this pyrometer are

to detect leaks

4. To diagnose cars

Pyrometers are widely used in automobile industriesto detect the temperature of

engines and wheels caused due to friction.

So we looked at the working and uses of infrared thermometersthat we used extensively
nowadays.