Overview
- Offers a comprehensive survey of the field for practicing metrologists
- New edition, reflecting the redefinition of the kilogram in terms of Planck’s constant
- Describes Metric Convention, International Prototype Kilogram and BIPM standards
- Discusses in detail the effects of varying gravity
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 155)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Kilogram and Planck's Constant
- Group Weighing
- Gravity Effect on Electronic Weighing Instruments
- Gravitation and Inertial Mass
- Conventional Mass
- International Prototype Kilogram
- Traceability in Mass Measurement
- Equal-Arm Balances
- Single-Pan Balances
- Electronic Weighing Systems
- Strain Gauge
- Load Cell
- Weighing Transducers
- Air Density and Buoyancy
About this book
This second edition of Mass Metrology: The Newly Defined Kilogram has been thoroughly revised to reflect the recent redefinition of the kilogram in terms of Planck’s constant. The necessity of defining the kilogram in terms of physical constants was already underscored in the first edition. However, the kilogram can also be defined in terms of Avogadro’s number, using a collection of ions of heavy elements, by the levitation method, or using voltage and watt balances. The book also addresses the concepts of gravitational, inertial and conventional mass, and describes in detail the variation of acceleration due to gravity.
Further topics covered in this second edition include: the effect of gravity variations on the reading of electronic balances derived with respect to latitude, altitude and earth topography; the classification of weights by the OIML; and maximum permissible error in different categories of weights prescribed by national and international organizations.The book also discusses group weighing techniques and the use of nanotechnology for the detection of mass differences as small as 10-24 g. Last but not least, readers will find details on the XRCD method for defining the kilogram in terms of Planck’s constant.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. S.V. Gupta holds Master’s degrees in Physics from Allahabad University and in Mathematics from Agra University. He obtained his Ph.D. in the area of diffrimoscopic imaging at Delhi University. Dr. Gupta subsequently completed advanced training at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, BIPM, France; International Organisation of Legal Metrology, OIML, Paris France; National Physical Laboratory, UK; and PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Germany. He has been involved in various projects with the National Institute for Standards and Technology, NIST, USA and with the PTB, Germany. Dr. Gupta was recently awarded the title of “Mapiki Ratan” (a Jewel in Metrology). Further international awards include Membership in The Institute of Physics, UK, and the Honours and Awards List of the OIML since 2004.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mass Metrology
Book Subtitle: The Newly Defined Kilogram
Authors: S. V. Gupta
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12465-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12464-9Published: 02 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12467-0Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12465-6Published: 25 March 2019
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIV, 453
Number of Illustrations: 138 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics