ERRORS DUE TO MAGNETIC EFFECTS IN 1 kg PRIMARY MASS COMPARATORS

Richard Davis, Josette Coarasa
Abstract:
A revised draft of OIML R111 has been approved recently. Among the many notable changes to the previous edition are specific requirements for both the magnetic susceptibility and residual magnetization of weights used in legal metrology. The highest class of such weights is E1, for which a 1 kg weight has a manufacturing tolerance of ± 0.5 mg. It therefore follows that better magnetic properties might be needed for weights having mass uncertainties substantially better than E1 tolerances. The work presented below shows how this problem was approached at the BIPM and supports our conclusion that alloys meeting the new Class E1 specifications for 1 kg weights have magnetic properties sufficient for the needs of the BIPM.
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC3
Event name:
Force, Mass and Torque Measurements
Title:
Theory and Applications in Laboratories and Industry
Place:
Cairo, EGYPT
Time:
19 February 2005 - 23 February 2005