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Fundamentals of mass measurements

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The article makes a bridge between quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and conventional beam balances revealing the role of the field in mass measurements. Thus, three fundamental principles for mass measurements are formulated and demonstrated: the field principle, the mass sensitivity principle and the general equivalence principle.

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Mecea, V.M. Fundamentals of mass measurements. J Therm Anal Calorim 86, 9–16 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-7570-x

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