5622: Mass Calibration at NIST in the Revised SI

This 2-hour webinar will describe the planned transition from consensus value to individual realizations that will take place during the next decade, and specifically discuss how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to disseminate mass during this period. The unit of mass was realized by the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK) for over 130 years. On May 20, 2019, all fundamental quantities of the International System of Units (SI) were tied to natural constants. In this revision of the SI, mass is tied to the Planck constant. For several years, the world has been engaged in measuring the Planck constant to very high precision, and with the recent Committee for Data on Science and Technology (CODATA) adjustment in 2017, the value of the Planck constant has been fixed with no uncertainty. For the first few years after redefinition, the world will use a consensus value for the kilogram realization rather than individual realizations from the Planck constant.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of the two webinar sessions, using notes and reference materials, participants will be able to:

• EXPLAIN how NIST plans to disseminate mass in the next decade;
• DESCRIBE the planned transition from the current mass traceability to the IPK, to traceability to a consensus value, to individual realizations from the Planck constant; and
• EXPLAIN the criteria that will be used to determine when individual realizations will become in accepted.

Pre-Work:

OPTIONAL - Read the NCSLI article found at https://www.ncsli.org/pubs/metrologist/July_Metrologist_2019.pdf

Minimum Requirement(s):

This is an informational webinar.  No certificates will be issued.

Audience:

This training webinar is open to government and industry metrologists working in the field of mass measurement. Priority will be given to state laboratory personnel who are part of the OWM recognition or NVLAP accreditation process.

Cost:

There is no fee for this learning event.

Instructor:

Patrick Abbott
Phone: 301-975-4216
Email: patrick.abbott [at] nist.gov (patrick[dot]abbott[at]nist[dot]gov)

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