摘要 |
Temperature indicators are provided comprising a heat-conductive carrier having at least one, but preferably a plurality of regions (cavities) thereon, each region containing a thermally responsive substance which undergoes a change of state at a precise and predetermined temperature different from the temperature of the change of state of the thermally responsive substance in any other region. The temperatures at which such changes of state occur are detected visually by an indicator system which is intimately associated with the thermally responsive materials in these regions. The incorporation of certain organic compounds into the indicator system accelerates visual detection of such change of state, thus permitting rapid measurement of the temperature corresponding to the incipient fusion of the thermally responsive material in each region.
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