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NIST Calibration Uncertainties of Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers over the Range from 20 C to 400 C

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Author(s)

C D. Vaughn, Gregory F. Strouse

Abstract

The NIST Industrial Thermometer Calibration Laboratory (ITCL) is responsible for calibrating several different types of industrial thermometers. One of those types is a liquid-in-glass (LiG) thermometer, which includes both mercury (partial and total immersion) and organic (total immersion) filled models. Over the past two years, improvements in both calibration equipment and software used in the ITCL has led to a new assessment of the uncertainties assigned to the calibration of LiG thermometers covering the temperature range from 20 C to 400 C. In total, eighteen thermometers from three different manufacturers, six of which are mercury-filled partial immersion, twelve of which are mercury-filled total immersion, and two of which are organic-filled total immersion models, were used for the determination of LiG thermometer calibration uncertainties over the range from 20 C to 400 C in the NIST ITCL.
Proceedings Title
Temperature, International Symposium | 8th | Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry; Volume Seven | AIP
Volume
684
Conference Dates
October 21-24, 2002
Conference Location
Undefined
Conference Title
AIP Conference Proceedings

Keywords

Industrial thermometer, LiG thermometer, LiG thermometer calibration, Liquid-in-Glass Thermometer, Mercury Thermometer, Partial Immersion Thermometer, Total Immersion Thermometer

Citation

Vaughn, C. and Strouse, G. (2003), NIST Calibration Uncertainties of Liquid-in-Glass Thermometers over the Range from 20 C to 400 C, Temperature, International Symposium | 8th | Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry; Volume Seven | AIP, Undefined, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=830819 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created August 31, 2003, Updated October 12, 2021