UV/ozone cleaning of platinum/iridium kilogram mass prototypes

Metrologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-418

  Berry, James ^a   Downes, Stephen ^a   Davidson, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEFORE AND AFTER; CHAMOIS LEATHER; CLEANING METHODS; CLEANING PROCESS; OZONE CONCENTRATION; PLATINUM-IRIDIUM; SOLVENT RESIDUES; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UV INTENSITY; UV/OZONE;

IRIDIUM; OZONE; PLATINUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WEIGHING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CLEANING;

EID: 77953736137     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/47/4/006     Document Type: Article

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