Determination of the Boltzmann constant k from the speed of sound in helium gas at the triple point of water

Metrologia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages S263-S273

  Pitre, L ^a   Risegari, L ^a   Sparasci, F ^a   Plimmer, M D ^a   Himbert, M E ^a   Giuliano Albo, P A ^b  

^a Laboratoire Commun de Métrologie   (France)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acoustic resonance; Boltzmann constant; definition of the Kelvin; microwave resonance; quasi sphere; speed of sound; triaxial ellipsoid

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; GAS GENERATORS; HELIUM; MICROWAVE ACOUSTICS; RESONANCE; SPHERES;

ACOUSTIC RESONANCE; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; DEFINITION OF THE KELVIN; MICROWAVE RESONANCE; TRIAXIAL ELLIPSOID;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 84944685075     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/52/5/S263     Document Type: Article

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