Correlations among acoustic measurements of the Boltzmann constant

Metrologia

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2015, Pages S376-S384

  Moldover, M R ^a   Gavioso, R M ^b   Newell, D B ^a  

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

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

Author keywords

acoustic thermometry; Boltzmann constant; fundamental constants; thermometry; universal gas constant

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RESONATORS; ARGON; ISOTOPES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOMETERS;

ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS; ACOUSTIC VIRIAL COEFFICIENTS; BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; CORRELATED UNCERTAINTY; FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; THERMOMETRY; UNIVERSAL GAS CONSTANT;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84945192914     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/52/5/S376     Document Type: Article

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