Title :
The METAS watt balance Mark II experiment: Progress report
Author :
Eichenberger, A.L. ; Baumann, H. ; Cosandier, F. ; Jeckelmann, Beat ; Clavel, R. ; Genoud, Dominique ; Reber, D. ; Tommasini, D.
Author_Institution :
Fed. Inst. of Metrol. METAS, Bern-Wabern, Switzerland
Abstract :
In the context of the future definition of the mass unit, a promising approach is to link the kilogram to the Planck constant using, for example a watt balance. The Federal Institute of Metrology METAS is pursuing this route and is currently setting up a second version of the experiment. This METAS watt balance Mark II experiment is now assembled and ready for the first experimental tests. The design and the operation are described in this paper, and the first results should be available at the time of the conference.
Keywords :
units (measurement); weighing; METAS watt balance Mark II experiment; Planck constant; mass unit; Coils; Europe; Magnetic circuits; Metrology; Robots; Superconducting magnets; Suspensions; International System of Units; Kilogram; Mass unit; Planck constant; Watt balance;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2014), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5205-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2014.6898585
