About the existing discrepancy in the determinations of the avogadro constant

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 216-220

  Martin, Jens ^a   Bettin, Horst ^a   Kuetgens, Ulrich ^a   Schiel, Detlef ^a   Becker, Peter ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avogadro constant; Density; Flotation measurement; Impurities; Lattice spacing comparison; Positron annihilation; Selfpoint defects; Silicon (single crystal); Voids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000102439     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.769567     Document Type: Article

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