Lowe, D H B; Broughton, M*; Machin, G; Willmott, J R* (2015) Comparison of extrapolated and interpolated temperature scales from 1000 °C to 2500 °C between a national measurement institute and an ISO17025 accredited calibration laboratory. Measurement, 76. pp. 129-135.

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Abstract

The current high temperature part of the international temperature scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is based on extrapolation, using Planck's law in ratio form. However in the near future the mise en pratique for the definition of the kelvin (MeP-K) will allow an interpolated thermodynamic scale based on high temperature references whose temperatures are known a priori. Both approaches to dissemination will be considered equally valid. A transfer radiation thermometer specifically designed with the MeP-K approach in mind has been constructed. It was calibrated at a national measurement institute and used to compare the two possible realisation schemes (i.e. radiation thermometer calibrated to ITS-90, and the same thermometer calibrated using high temperature references) to the local ITS-90 scale at an accredited industrial calibration laboratory. All the scales agreed within their respective uncertainties. It was found that the interpolation scheme could significantly reduce the uncertainties in a calibration laboratory without the full cost of maintaining ITS-90.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Engineering Measurements Engineering Measurements > Thermal
Identification number/DOI:	10.1016/j. measurement.2015.08.011
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2018 13:13
URI:	http://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/6833

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