Stability of reference masses: VII. Cleaning methods in air and vacuum applied to a platinum mass standard similar to the international and national kilogram prototypes

Metrologia

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 532-538

  Cumpson, Peter J ^a   Sano, Naoko ^a   Barlow, Anders J ^a   Portoles, Jose F ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEANING METHODS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; MERCURY CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC CONTAMINATION; PLATINUM SURFACE; POLISHED SURFACES; POTENTIAL METHODS; REALISTIC EVALUATIONS;

CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; VACUUM; WEIGHING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR CLEANERS;

EID: 84885104289     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/50/5/532     Document Type: Article

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