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INTERNATIONAL PRACTICAL TEMPERATURE [1 record]

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Record 1 1986-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thermodynamics
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Interpolation between the fixed-point temperatures is provided by formulas used to establish the relation between indications of the standard instruments and values of International Practical Temperature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Thermodynamique
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

(...) la Conférence générale des poids et mesures de 1968 a défini une échelle internationale pratique de température (...) fondée sur des points fixes de définition (...) et sur des instruments spécifiés étalonnés à ces températures; entre les températures des points fixes, des formules d'interpolation établissent la relation entre les indications de ces instruments et les valeurs de la température internationale pratique.

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