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MIRROR CELL [2 records]

Record 1 2008-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Solar Energy
CONT

Concentrators have been developed for space applications. One such example... uses a Cassegrain mirror concentrator. A solar cell is exposed to concentrated sunlight in the Cassegrain mirror concentrator in which the light is focused by a secondary mirror on the solar cell attached to the front of a primary mirror. The back of the primary mirror is made black, and thus serves as a radiator, dissipating the heat from the solar cell.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Énergie solaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A reading of a small section of the screen in a camera by a cell probe, a deflector in the mirror or any one of a number of devices.

OBS

The metering device must be aimed at the medium-gray tone in the subject for a direct reading; separate highlight and shadow readings can also be taken and the mid-point used for exposure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

[Méthode de lecture par posemètre qui] n'utilise qu'une seule cellule placée derrière le miroir d'où elle ne [lit] qu'une très faible portion de l'image.

OBS

Cette plage de lecture, dirigée sur une zone de valeur lumineuse intermédiaire du sujet donne une mesure directe. On peut aussi mesurer successivement les hautes lumières, puis les ombres pour prendre une valeur d'exposition moyenne.

Spanish

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