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Quantum for Pressure

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Author(s)

Jay H. Hendricks, Patrick F. Egan, Jacob E. Ricker, Jack A. Stone Jr., Kevin O. Douglass, Gregory F. Strouse

Abstract

A team of NIST scientists is working to fundamentally change the way that the unit of pressure is realized and disseminated, an effort that will lead to the elimination of mercury barometer pressure standards.
Citation
Nature Physics
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

Pressure, Primary Standard, Quantum, Evangelista Torricelli, Mercury, Manometer, Barometer, Measurement, Optical Cavity
Chemical engineering and processing, Theoretical chemistry and modeling, Thermochemical properties, Process measurement and control, Metrology, Pressure and vacuum metrology, Physics and Standards

Citation

Hendricks, J. , Egan, P. , Ricker, J. , Stone, J. , Douglass, K. and Strouse, G. (2018), Quantum for Pressure, Nature Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=924893 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created January 5, 2018, Updated August 21, 2019
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