Cleaning of mass standards: II. A comparison of new techniques applied to actual and potential new materials for mass standards

Metrologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-92

  Marti, K ^a   Fuchs, P ^a   Russi, S ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF METROLOGY METAS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON COMPOUNDS; GOLD-COATED; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROGEN PLASMAS; LOW-PRESSURE HYDROGEN; MASS DETERMINATION; MASS STANDARD; MICROBALANCES; PLASMA CLEANING; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; SELF-LIMITED GROWTH; SURFACE CHEMICAL STATE; UV/OZONE; XPS DATA;

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CLEANING; GOLD; PHOTOELECTRONS; QUARTZ; RHODIUM; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; WEIGHING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCES;

EID: 84873358191     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/50/1/83     Document Type: Article

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