The BNM watt balance project

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 850-853

  Genevès, Gérard ^a   Gournay, Pierre ^a   Gosset, A ^a   Lecollinet, M ^b   Villar, François ^b   Pinot, Patrick ^b   Juncar, P ^b   Clairon, A ^c   Landragin, A ^c   Holleville, D ^c   Dos Santos, Franck Pereira ^c   David, J ^d   Besbes, Mondher ^e   Alves, Francisco ^f   Chassagne, Luc ^g   Topçu, Suat ^g  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^b Bur Natl de Metrologie   (France)

^c Laboratoire Systemes de Reference Temps Espace   (France)

^d ARTS ET MÉTIERS PARISTECH   (France)

^e SUPELEC   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Kilogram; Planck's constant; Watt balance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; GRAVIMETERS; INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETIC CIRCUITS; MONITORING; STABILITY; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS;

FORCE COMPARATOR; KILOGRAM; PLANCK CONSTANT; WATT BALANCE;

ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 20244367017     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.843576     Document Type: Article

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