Recommended List of Common Impurities for Metallic Fixed-point Materials of the ITS-90

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August 18, 2008

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Dean C. Ripple, Anatoly Pokhodun, Peter Steur, Gregory F. Strouse

Abstract

Working Group 1 of the Consultative Committee for Thermometry (CCT) has recommended methods for estimating the uncertainties of fixed-point temperatures attributable to chemical impurities [1]. These methods require chemical analysis of all commonly found impurities in the fixed-point material. The document CCT/05-08 states: "Chemical assays should include, as a minimum, all of the common elements that are normally found in a particular fixed-point material. It is the intention of WG1 to prepare Appendices/Addenda for a list of such elements for the respective ITS-90 fixed points." The present document provides a list of these common impurities, for each of the metals with fixed-point temperatures defined on the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90): mercury, gallium, indium, tin, zinc, aluminum, silver, gold, and copper. For each of these elements, we have collected either chemical assays of various material lots or documentary standards that specify the common impurities found in a particular material.

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fixed point, freezing point, ITS-90, impurities, melting point, temperature, temperature scale, triple point

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Ripple, D. , Pokhodun, A. , Steur, P. and Strouse, G. (2008), Recommended List of Common Impurities for Metallic Fixed-point Materials of the ITS-90, website of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=832299, http://www.bipm.org (Accessed December 4, 2024)