NRC Microwave Refractive Index Gas Thermometry Implementation Between 24.5 K and 84 K

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Abstract

The implementation of microwave refractive index gas thermometry at the National Research Council between 24.5 K and 84 K is reported. A new gas-handling system for accurate control and measurement of experimental gas pressure has been constructed, and primary thermometry measurements have been taken using a quasi-spherical copper resonator and helium gas at temperatures corresponding to three defining fixed points of the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90). These measurements indicate differences between the thermodynamic temperature T and ITS-90 temperature \(T_{90}\) of \(\left( T - T_{90} \right) = -0.60 \pm 0.56\) mK at \(T_{90} = 24.5561\) K, \(\left( T - T_{90} \right) = -2.0 \pm 1.3\) mK at \(T_{90} = 54.3584\) K, and \(\left( T - T_{90} \right) = -4.0 \pm 2.9\) mK at \(T_{90} = 83.8058\) K. The present results at \(T_{90} = 24.5561\) K and \(T_{90} = 83.8058\) K agree with previously reported measurements from other primary thermometry techniques of acoustic gas thermometry and dielectric constant gas thermometry, and the result at \(T_{90} = 54.3584\) K provides new information in a temperature region where there is a gap in other recent data sets.

Keywords

Polarizing gas thermometry Primary thermometry Refractive index gas thermometry RIGT Thermodynamic temperature \(T - T_{90}\) 
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Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the loan of the copper resonator used in this study; T.A. Quance and D.W. Woods for technical assistance with the gas-handling system and pressure balance; I. Yang for mass spectrometer gas analysis; and L. Pitre, M. de Podesta, M.R. Moldover, R.M. Gavioso, C. Gaiser, J.W. Schmidt, K.D. Hill, A.D.W. Todd and S.N. Dedyulin for useful discussions.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.National Research Council CanadaOttawaCanada

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