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PUBLICATIONS

The Permanent Magnet System for NIST-4

Published

Author(s)

Stephan Schlamminger

Abstract

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology a new watt balance, NIST-4, is currently being designed. This apparatus will be used to realize the base unit of mass after the redefinition of the SI has taken effect. As a realization device, NIST-4 shall be easy to use and of low maintenance. Guided by these requirements we decided to use a permanent magnet sys-tem to generate the magnetic flux for NIST-4. A brief overview of the permanent magnet system is given.
Proceedings Title
CPEM 2012 Digest
Conference Dates
July 1-6, 2012
Conference Location
National Harbor, MD
Conference Title
CPEM 2012
Pub Type
Conferences

Keywords

NIST, Planck constant, watt balance, SI units
Metrology

Citation

Schlamminger, S. (2012), The Permanent Magnet System for NIST-4, CPEM 2012 Digest , National Harbor, MD (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created July 2, 2012, Updated February 19, 2017
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