Title :
The e-Mass euramet joint research project: The watt balance route towards a new definition of the kilogram
Author :
Genevès, G. ; Villar, F. ; Bielsa, F. ; Gilbert, O. ; Eichenberger, A. ; Baumann, H. ; D´Agostino, G. ; Merlet, S. ; Santos, F. Pereira dos ; Pinot, P. ; Juncar, P.
Author_Institution :
Lab. Nat. de Metrol. et d´´essais (LNE), Trappes, France
Abstract :
The e-MASS joint research project (JRP) supported by EURAMET gathers several European metrology institutes in the aim to improve existing watt balances and to contribute to a new definition of the mass unit. This paper describes the main technical tasks developed in the framework of the project.
Keywords :
balances; measurement; wattmeters; European metrology institutes; e-MASS EURAMET joint research project; watt balance; Coils; Electric variables measurement; Electromagnetic measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Metrology; NIST; Noise measurement; Phase measurement; Prototypes; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6795-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2010.5543654
