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Temperature measurements according to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 and its associated uncertainties

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The measurement of temperatures accompanies almost every determination of physical quantities or material properties. This paper gives an outline of the concept of the traceability of temperature measurements according to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) and the determination of measurement uncertainties. Furthermore, differences between ITS-90 and thermodynamic temperatures are discussed.

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  1. Department of Temperature, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), 10587, Berlin, Germany

    Steffen Rudtsch & Joachim Fischer

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Presented at the PTB Seminar “Conductivity and Salinity”, September 2007, Braunschweig, Germany.

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Rudtsch, S., Fischer, J. Temperature measurements according to the International Temperature Scale of 1990 and its associated uncertainties. Accred Qual Assur 13, 607–609 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-008-0445-z

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