A flexure balance with adjustable restoring torque for nanonewton force measurement

VDI Berichte

Volumn , Issue 1685, 2002, Pages 77-82

  Pratt, J R ^a   Newell, D B ^a   Kramar, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; FORCE DISSEMINATION; NANONEWTON FORCE MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINUM; CAPACITANCE; DAMPING; FARADAY EFFECT; FORCE MEASUREMENT; GRAVITATION; HYSTERESIS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS; THERMAL EXPANSION; TORQUE; TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTROSTATICS;

EID: 4444332928     PISSN: 00835560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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