2007IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and MeasurementRequires access

The BIPM Watt Balance

A. Picard, M Stöck, Hao Fang, T.J. Witt, D. Reymann

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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

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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

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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

Key concepts: Kilogram, Watt, Planck constant, Balance (ability), Electrical engineering, Work (physics), Physics, Engineering

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