Characterization of the long-term stability of mass standards stored in vacuum by weighing and surface analysis

Metrologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-208

  Davidson, Stuart ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOOD CORRELATIONS; IN-VACUUM; LONG TERM STABILITY; MASS STANDARD; PLATINUM-IRIDIUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES (XPS);

STABILITY; SURFACE ANALYSIS; VACUUM; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

WEIGHING;

EID: 84857967778     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/49/3/200     Document Type: Article

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