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An international intercomparison has been carried out with a commercial dry block calibrator as a transfer standard by the Danish Technological Institute (DTI). The intercomparison involved 16 participating laboratories from five European countries. The intercomparison comprised five measurement points in the range from −20 °C to +150 °C. The purposes of the intercomparison were twofold: to compare the results of the participating laboratories during calibration of a dry block calibrator and to establish the dry block calibrators’ reproducibility and suitability both as a transfer standard and as a working measurement standard for disseminating the ITS-90 traceability in industry. The characterization and performance of state- of-the-art multi-zone dry block calibrators and the results of the intercomparison are presented.
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Nielsen, J., Domino, J. & Nielsen, M.B. Disseminating the ITS-90 Traceability in Industry—An Intercomparison of Temperature Block Calibrators. Int J Thermophys 32, 1485–1495 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-011-1003-1
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