What is Thermography or Infrared Technology?
Thermography or Thermal Imaging is a technology that actually allows us to see and measure Infrared light, or thermal energy which we commonly refer to as “heat”. Every object with a temperature above absolute zero emits heat. Absolute zero is a temperature at which an object has no heat present and therefore emits no thermal energy, approximately minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit. Even cold objects such as ice emit thermal energy. The higher an object’s temperature is, the greater the amount of Infrared Radiation (IR) that is emitted. An IR camera allows us to see what our eyes cannot. With the use of an IR camera, we can see and measure thermal energy and use it to determine the thermal condition of an object. Although it may seem like ‘X-RAY”, Thermography is not “X-RAY” and can only be used to determine the surface temperature of an object. With Thermography, we do however use surface temperatures to determine sub-surface conditions thus revealing a wide array of conditions in a nondest
