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In the Joule Balance at the National Institute of Metrology (NIM), the dynamic measurement during the coil movement is avoided. But for this method a rather large current in the primary coil is needed to generate the necessary magnetic field in the force weighing phase. Thus the coil heating becomes an obvious uncertainty contribution. To solve this problem, a new coil system, in which the ferromagnetic...
A watt balance is a promising instrument to realize the unit of mass at the kilogram level. The magnet system is one of the key elements of such an instrument. For the new watt balance currently under construction at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a permanent magnet system was chosen. We describe the construction of the magnet system, first measurements of the field profile, and...
The absolute measurement of the mass, as well as the determination of the Planck constant, has become one of the most important issues in metrology toward a new kilogram definition based on fundamental constant. A method for measuring the inertial mass, being different from the gravitational mass measurement by either a watt balance or the Avogadro project has been carried out recently at National...
The Joule Balance method, for the same purpose but different from the Watt Balance method, is going on at NIM for several years. The first measurement result of the Planck constant h is 6.6261(5)×10−34Js with a measurement uncertainty of 7.7 × 10−5. The further plan for improvement is discussed.
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