The BIPM Watt Balance

The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) has recently started work on a watt balance to link the kilogram with the Planck constant, in view of a future redefinition of the kilogram. This paper presents the essential ideas of the BIPM watt balance and reports the progress to date

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Published in:IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement 2007-04, Vol.56 (2), p.538-542
Main Authors: Picard, A., Stock, M., Hao Fang, Witt, T.J., Reymann, D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atomic measurements
Cryogenics
Force measurement
Gravity
Instrumentation
Kilogram
Laboratories
Links
Magnetic field measurement
Planck constant
Plancks constant
Prototypes
Superconducting coils
Temperature
Velocity measurement
watt balance
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Summary:The Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) has recently started work on a watt balance to link the kilogram with the Planck constant, in view of a future redefinition of the kilogram. This paper presents the essential ideas of the BIPM watt balance and reports the progress to date
ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2007.890783