Progress on the BIPM Watt Balance

A. Picard, H. Fang, M. Stock

Abstract:

In view of the future redefinition of the kilogram, the BIPM has recently started work on a watt balance to link the kilogram with the Planck constant. This paper presents an overview of the existing experimental set-up as well as the essential ideas of the BIPM watt balance and reports the progress to date.
Keywords:

Planck constant, kilogram, watt balance
Download:

IMEKO-TC3-2007-KL-029u.pdf
DOI:

_unreg_tc3-2007.029

Event details:

IMEKO TC:

TC3
Event name:

Cultivating Metrological Knowledge
Title:

20^th Conference on Measurement of Force, Mass and Torque (together with 3^rd TC16 Conference on Pressure Measurement & 1^st TC22 Conference on Vibration Measurement)
Place:

Merida, MEXICO
Time:

27 November 2007 - 01 December 2007