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Methods of Correcting for Humidity in Determining the Metrological Characteristics of Critical Nozzles

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We present different practical methods of correcting for humidity in the calibration and use of critical nozzles in air at atmospheric pressure.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute of Flow Metering, Kazan, Russia

    I. A. Isaev & A. I. Gorchev

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 6, pp. 54–56, June, 2016.

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Isaev, I.A., Gorchev, A.I. Methods of Correcting for Humidity in Determining the Metrological Characteristics of Critical Nozzles. Meas Tech 59, 633–636 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-016-1022-1

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