Can a pressure standard be based on capacitance measurements?

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Moldover, Michael R ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NIST Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

ab initio calculations; Cross capacitor; Dielectric constant; Helium; Molar polarizability; Polarizability; Pressure standard; Toroidal cross capacitor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000026598     PISSN: 1044677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6028/jres.103.011     Document Type: Article

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