Mass determination of silicon spheres used for the Avogadro project

Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Volumn 40, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 785-790

  Borys, Michael ^a   Gläser, Michael ^a   Mecke, Michael ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avogadro constant; Mass; Silicon sphere

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSFER; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

AVOGADRO CONSTANTS; MASS DIFFERENCES; SILICON SPHERE;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548085722     PISSN: 02632241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.measurement.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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