Determination of the Planck constant using a watt balance with a superconducting magnet system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Metrologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Schlamminger, S ^a   Haddad, D ^b   Seifert, F ^b   Chao, L S ^a   Newell, D B ^a   Liu, R ^a   Steiner, R L ^a   Pratt, J R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic kilogram; Planck constant; watt balance

Indexed keywords

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC KILOGRAM; JOSEPHSON; KLITZING CONSTANTS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; PLANCK CONSTANTS; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; WATT BALANCE;

MOLECULAR PHYSICS;

EID: 84897510717     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/51/2/S15     Document Type: Article

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