Refractometry and gas density

Metrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Pendrill, L R ^a  

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; PERMITTIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; WAVEFRONTS;

DYNAMIC PRESSURE METROLOGY; GAS MIXTURES; MASS COMPARATOR; REFRACTOMETRY;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 2342590678     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/41/2/S04     Document Type: Review

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