The BIPM flexure-strip balance FB-2

Metrologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 319-329

  Picard, A ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUTOMATION; DAMPING; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; RESIDUAL STRESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL INSULATION;

MAGNETIC DAMPERS; MAGNETIC FORCES; MASS COMPARATORS; OPTICAL BEAM POSITION DETECTION;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

EID: 4043163321     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/41/4/014     Document Type: Article

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