Thank you for the ideas. Coating it with soot did not work. I tried some heat resisting paint. It did the job for the temperature I work for (about 300-400 degrees Celsius). The pyrometer won't let me do the trick. I tried gluing a thin sheet of a similar material to the bar using solder. I...
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I am trying to read a temperature on a heated cylindrical metal (steel) bar (about 15 mm in diameter) using a pyrometer. However I cannot measure the temperature on this bar. The bar has a rather dim shine on it and I think it affects the reading. Also, maybe because it has a small...