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A magnetic levitation technique for the simultaneous comparison of mass artifacts in air and vacuum.

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Patrick J. Abbott, Zeina J. Kubarych, Ruimin Liu, Edwin R. Williams, Joe Chalfoun

Abstract

We describe a mass comparison system in which a test mass artifact in air can be directly compared to a standard mass artifact in vacuum using the same high precision comparator balance. The system uses a magnetic levitation technique to couple the weighing pan of the comparator balance in vacuum to the test mass in air. We will discuss motivation, design considerations, and preliminary results.
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume
58
Issue
4
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

mass, magnetic levitation, kilogram, vacuum

Citation

Abbott, P. , Kubarych, Z. , Liu, R. , Williams, E. and Chalfoun, J. (2009), A magnetic levitation technique for the simultaneous comparison of mass artifacts in air and vacuum., IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=824681 (Accessed October 4, 2025)

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Created April 1, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017
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