Instrumentation Reference Book, 4th Edition

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Paints in instrument construction,

644

Panel mounting instruments,

647 , 648

Paper chromatography,

328–329

Paper dielectric capacitors, voltage effect on failure rates,

745

Parallel systems, reliability,

748

Parallel-plate rheometer,

73

Parallel-plate viscometer,

73

Paramagnetic oxygen analyzers,

421–424

Parasitic reactances,

848

Parity-bit coding,

689

Particle sizing

Ferêt diameter,

176 , 177 , 182

Gaussian distributions,

178–179

image shear diameter,

176

log-normal distributions,

179–180

Martin's diameter,

176

projected area diameter,

176

relative frequency plot,

178

Rosin–Rammler distributions,

180

sampling,

175

statistical mean diameters,

176

Stokes diameters,

176

Particles

characterization of,

175–176

measuring size of,

180–183

measuring ...