The BIPM watt balance: Improvements and developments

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2378-2386

  Picard, A ^a   Bradley, Michael P ^a,b   Fang, H ^a   Kiss, A ^a   De Mirandes E ^a   Parker, B ^c   Solve, Stéphane ^a   Stock, M ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kilogram; Planck's constant; watt balance

Indexed keywords

BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES; DISTINCTIVE FEATURES; FORCE-VELOCITY; KILOGRAM; PLANCK CONSTANTS; PLANCK'S CONSTANTS; RECOMMENDED VALUES; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; REPRODUCIBILITIES; WATT BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79958286964     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2011.2126130     Document Type: Article

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