Correction of NPL-2013 estimate of the Boltzmann constant for argon isotopic composition and thermal conductivity

Metrologia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages S353-S363

  De Podesta, Michael ^a   Yang, Inseok ^b   Mark, Darren F ^c   Underwood, Robin ^a   Sutton, Gavin ^a   Machin, Graham ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

argon isotopes; argon molar mass; Boltzmann constant

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ARGON ISOTOPES; ATMOSPHERIC ARGON; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; COMPARISON MEASUREMENT; CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84944681465     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/52/5/S353     Document Type: Article

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