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Analysis of the possibility of an experimental refinement of boltzmann’s constant by a radiation-calorimetric method

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The possibility of refining Boltzmann’s constant by an experimental determination of the value of the Stefan–Boltzmann constant using the resources of adiabatic calorimetry is considered.

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    N. A. Kurbatova, G. V. Simonova & V. Ya. Cherepanov

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 10, pp. 21–24, October, 2011.

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Kurbatova, N.A., Simonova, G.V. & Cherepanov, V.Y. Analysis of the possibility of an experimental refinement of boltzmann’s constant by a radiation-calorimetric method. Meas Tech 54, 1130–1135 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-012-9860-y

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