The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between the infrared emittance (at
10 µm) and the alloy
concentration for NixCr1−x
and to find out if the Hagen–Ruben relation could be applicable to this system. The work
showed that the Hagen–Ruben relation was valid for the nickel-rich fcc-phase alloys from
11–43% Cr. This indicates that intraband transitions dominate over interband transitions
in the infrared wavelength range due to impurity scattering. It was also found that an
integrated formulation of the Hagen–Ruben relation could be used for the integrated room
temperature thermal emittance. A similar study has recently been performed on the
CuyNi1−y
fcc-phase system where the Hagen–Ruben relation was valid for both copper-rich and
nickel-rich alloys.