• DocumentCode
    236619
  • Title

    The METAS watt balance Mark II experiment: Progress report

  • Author

    Eichenberger, A.L. ; Baumann, H. ; Cosandier, F. ; Jeckelmann, Beat ; Clavel, R. ; Genoud, Dominique ; Reber, D. ; Tommasini, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Fed. Inst. of Metrol. METAS, Bern-Wabern, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    24-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    714
  • Lastpage
    715
  • Abstract
    In the context of the future definition of the mass unit, a promising approach is to link the kilogram to the Planck constant using, for example a watt balance. The Federal Institute of Metrology METAS is pursuing this route and is currently setting up a second version of the experiment. This METAS watt balance Mark II experiment is now assembled and ready for the first experimental tests. The design and the operation are described in this paper, and the first results should be available at the time of the conference.
  • Keywords
    units (measurement); weighing; METAS watt balance Mark II experiment; Planck constant; mass unit; Coils; Europe; Magnetic circuits; Metrology; Robots; Superconducting magnets; Suspensions; International System of Units; Kilogram; Mass unit; Planck constant; Watt balance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2014), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rio de Janeiro
  • ISSN
    0589-1485
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-5205-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2014.6898585
  • Filename
    6898585
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=236619