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Can Thermal Infrared find steel bars or cables in my concrete slab?

April 26, 2017bars cables concrete infrared slab steel Thermal

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Can Thermal Infrared find steel bars or cables in my concrete slab?

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A; Under most conditions, NO! There needs to be a “thermal differential” for something to show up in a thermal scan. There are special circumstances where this can be created artificially but there are better ways to do this than with Thermal Infrared such as X-Ray.