Comparison of UV/ozone cleaning of platinum/iridium kilogram mass standards with nettoyage-lavage cleaning

Metrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Berry, James ^a   Davidson, Stuart ^a   Barat, Pauline ^b   Davis, Richard ^b  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL MASS; BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES; CLEANING METHODS; CLEANING TRIALS; MASS STANDARD; NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY; PLATINUM-IRIDIUM; SURFACE CONTAMINATIONS; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UV/OZONE;

CONTAMINATION; IRIDIUM; LABORATORIES; OZONE; PLATINUM; STANDARDS; WEIGHING;

CLEANING;

EID: 79956329385     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/48/3/012     Document Type: Article

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