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Sensors 2010, 10, 10081-10094; doi:10.3390/s101110081 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Performance Evaluation of an Infrared Thermocouple Chiachung Chen 1,*, Yu-Kai Weng 1 and Te-Ching Shen 2 1 Department of Bio-industrial Mechatronics Engineering, National ChungHsing University, 250 Kuokuang Road, Taichung, Taiwan 2 Department of Biomechatronics Engineering, National Chia-I University, Chia-I, Taiwan * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ccchen@.tw; Tel.: +886-4-2285-7562; Fax: +886-4-2285-7135. Received: 28 October 2010; in revised form: 2 November 2010 / Accepted: 8 November 2010 / Published: 10 November 2010 Abstract: The measurement of the leaf temperature of forests or agricultural plants is an important technique for the monitoring of the physiological state of crops. The infrared thermometer is a convenient device due to its fast response and nondestructive measurement technique. Nowadays, a novel infrared thermocouple, developed with the same measurement principle of the infrared thermometer but using a different detector, has been commercialized for non-contact temperature measurement. The performances of two-kinds of infrared thermocouples were evaluated in this study. The standard temperature was maintained by a temperature calibrator and a special black cavity device. The results indicated that both types of infra