Determination of the Boltzmann constant using a quasi-spherical acoustic resonator

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1953, 2011, Pages 4014-4027

  Pitre, Laurent ^a   Sparasci, Fernando ^a   Truong, Daniel ^a   Guillou, Arnaud ^a   Risegari, Lara ^a   Himbert, Marc E ^a  

^a Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie LNE CNAM LCM   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic resonance; Boltzmann constant; International System of Units; kelvin redefinition; Microwave resonance; Quasi sphere

Indexed keywords

ARGON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METRIC SYSTEM; RESONANCE; RESONATORS; SPHERES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TURNING;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; COMMITTEE ON DATA FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES; DIAMOND TURNING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROWAVE RESONANCE; QUASI-SPHERE; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; TARGET VALUES; THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURE; TRIPLE POINT OF WATERS;

TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80055079761     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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