• DocumentCode
    2275536
  • Title

    Estimating uncertainty limits in the NIST-2008 electronic kilogram

  • Author

    Steiner, R.L. ; Williams, E.R. ; Liu, R. ; Parker, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2008
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    The NIST electronic kilogram has had three published results with successively smaller uncertainties. In the present design, there are several measurement components that have uncertainties that are difficult to reduce further. These limiting uncertainties are discussed.
  • Keywords
    mass measurement; measurement uncertainty; electronic kilogram; measurement uncertainties; uncertainty limit estimation; Acceleration; Atomic measurements; Coils; Electrical resistance measurement; Force measurement; Gravity; Magnetic field measurement; NIST; Uncertainty; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2008. CPEM 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Broomfield, CO
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2399-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2400-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2008.4574627
  • Filename
    4574627