Sensors & Electronics
Physical Property Sensors
Scope
Measure intrinsic physical properties of a single material or medium (e.g., electrical conductivity, heat capacity, temperature, density, optical refractive index, velocity of sound in a material, light or electromagnetic field intensity).
Representative Applications
- Environmental monitoring (temperature, moisture, pressure)
- Atmospheric monitoring
- Process monitoring (fluid dynamics, temperature)
- Material property sensing (hardness, uniformity, viscosity)
- National security applications
- Contraband detection (smuggling)
- CW weapons identification
- Counter proliferation
