• DocumentCode
    748375
  • Title

    The BNM Watt balance project

  • Author

    Genevès, Gérard ; Gournay, Pierre ; Gosset, A. ; Lecollinet, M. ; Villar, François ; Pinot, Patrick ; Juncar, P. ; Clairon, A. ; Landragin, A. ; Holleville, D. ; Santos, Franck Pereira Dos ; David, J. ; Besbes, Mondher ; Alves, Francisco ; Chassagne, Luc

  • Author_Institution
    Bur. Nat. de Metrologie Lab. Nat. d´´Essais/Centre de Metrologie Electriques, Trappes, France
  • Volume
    54
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    850
  • Lastpage
    853
  • Abstract
    A new Watt balance project is now in progress at the Bureau National de Metrologie (BNM), Paris, France. In this paper, the general configuration and the main parts of the experimental setup currently in development are presented. The aim is to contribute to the international effort in monitoring the kilogram toward a new definition of the mass unit with a relative accuracy of 10-8 or better.
  • Keywords
    mass measurement; measurement standards; Bureau National de Metrologie; France; Planck constant; experimental setup; kilogram monitoring; mass unit; relative accuracy; watt balance project; Art; Coils; Force measurement; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Metrology; Monitoring; Prototypes; Stability; Surface contamination; Kilogram; Planck´s constant; watt balance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TIM.2005.843576
  • Filename
    1408304