Determination of the density of air: A comparison of the CIPM thermodynamic formula and the gravimetric method

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 441-447

  Madec, Tanguy ^a   Meury, Paul André ^a   Sutour, Christophe ^a   Rabault, Thierry ^a   Zerbib, Serge ^a   Gosset, André ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM ALLOYS; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMODYNAMICS; VACUUM;

CHEMICAL METROLOGY; MOLAR FRACTION;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY);

EID: 36749036842     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/6/002     Document Type: Article

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