• DocumentCode
    1230469
  • Title

    The BIPM Watt Balance

  • Author

    Picard, Alain ; Stock, Michael ; Fang, Hao ; Witt, Thomas J. ; Reymann, Dominique

  • Author_Institution
    Bur. Int. des Poids et Mesures, Sevres
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    4/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    538
  • Lastpage
    542
  • Abstract
    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
  • Keywords
    balances; constants; mass measurement; measurement standards; BIPM Watt balance; Bureau International des Poids et Mesures; Planck constant; kilogram link; Atomic measurements; Cryogenics; Force measurement; Gravity; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Prototypes; Superconducting coils; Temperature; Velocity measurement; Kilogram; Planck constant; watt balance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2007.890783
  • Filename
    4126902