• DocumentCode
    2977348
  • Title

    Experimental noise sources in the NIST watt balance

  • Author

    Steiner, R.L. ; Newell, D.B. ; Williams, E.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    6-10 July 1998
  • Firstpage
    621
  • Lastpage
    622
  • Abstract
    The present NIST watt balance has relative combined standard uncertainty of about 145 nW/W. The final results of this phase of the experiment are presented. Improvements in the Type B (nonstatistical) uncertainty contributions, along with several correction factors and noise sources, are also discussed.
  • Keywords
    balances; constants; mass measurement; measurement errors; measurement standards; measurement uncertainty; NIST watt balance; Type B uncertainty contributions; absolute ampere experiments; artifacts; combined standard uncertainty; correction factors; external effects; fundamental constants; kilogram monitoring; noise sources; references; Coils; Density measurement; Force measurement; Gravity; Magnetic flux density; NIST; Pollution measurement; Refractive index; Uncertainty; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1998 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5018-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.1998.700110
  • Filename
    700110