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An open metal freezing-point cell design has been developed in the Laboratory of Metrology and Quality. According to our design, a zinc cell was successfully assembled. The paper presents the needed parts for the cell, the cleaning process, and sealing of the cell. The assembled cell was then evaluated by comparison with two commercial closed zinc cells of different manufacturers. The freezing plateaus of the cells were measured, and a direct cell comparison was made. It was shown that the assembled open cell performed better than the used closed cell and was close to the brand new closed cell. The nominal purity of the zinc used for the open cell was 7 N, but the freezing plateau measurement suggests a higher impurity concentration. It was assumed that the zinc was contaminated to some extent during the process of cutting as its original shape was an irregular cylinder. The uncertainty due to impurities for the assembled cell is estimated to be 0.3 mK. Furthermore, the immersion profile and the pressure coefficient were measured. Both results are close to their theoretical values.
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This work was partially supported by Ministry of Economic Development and Technology, Metrology Institute of Republic Slovenia in scope of contract 6401-18/2008/70 for national standard laboratory for the field of thermodynamic temperature and humidity.
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Žužek, V., Batagelj, V., Drnovšek, J. et al. Open Zinc Freezing-Point Cell Assembly and Evaluation. Int J Thermophys 35, 1147–1155 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-014-1669-2
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