• DocumentCode
    3479284
  • Title

    Measurement of mass scaling and alternate materials on the NIST electronic kilogram system

  • Author

    Steiner, R. ; Haddad, D. ; Liu, R. ; Williams, E. ; Davidson, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol. (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    13-18 June 2010
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    104
  • Abstract
    A blind test was conducted with mass references of a 0.5 kg silicon and 1 kg each of steel and gold-plated copper, calibrated in vacuum at the NPL and measured with the watt balance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The results were analyzed against a 1 kg PtIr mass calibrated at NIST. The results showed good and consistent agreement between the Si, steel, and PtIr masses. The Au-plated Cu mass was stable while being measured but may have shifted during the transfer.
  • Keywords
    calibration; copper; gold; measurement standards; silicon; NIST electronic kilogram system; National Institute of Standards and Technology; gold-plated copper; mass scaling measurement; Coils; Conducting materials; Copper; Electromagnetic measurements; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic materials; NIST; Silicon; Steel; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Daejeon
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6795-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544415
  • Filename
    5544415