Davison, S; Berry, J; Abbott, P*; Marti, K*; Green, R*; Malengo, A*; Nielsen, L* (2016) Air-vacuum transfer; establishing traceability to the new kilogram. Metrologia, 53 (5). A95-A113

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Abstract

The redefinition of the kilogram, along with another four of the base SI units, is scheduled for 2018. The current definition of the Si unit of mass is via the International Prototype Kilogram which is maintained and dissemination in air. The new definition, which will be from the Planck constant, involve the realisation of the mass unit in vacuum by the watt balance or Avogadro experiments. Thus, for the effective dissemination of the mass unit from the primary realisation experiments to end users, traceability of mass standards transferred between vacuum and air needs to be established and the associated uncertainties well understood. This paper describes means of achieving the link between a unit realised in vacuum and standards used in air and the ways in which their use can be optimised. It also investigates the likely uncertainty contribution introduced by the vacuum-air transfer process.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	kilogram, redefinition, mass, vacuum, transfer, traceability
Subjects:	Engineering Measurements Engineering Measurements > Mass, Force, Pressure
Identification number/DOI:	10.1088/0026-1394/53/5/A95
Last Modified:	02 Feb 2018 13:13
URI:	http://eprintspublications.npl.co.uk/id/eprint/7263

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