EURAMET Calibration Guide No. 18
Version 4.0 (11/2015)
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Examples for a 1 kg weight
to reduce
from 20 K to 15 Kwill take 20,8 min,
to reduce
from 15 K to 10 K will take 30,7 min,
to reduce
from 10 K to 5 K will take 28,3 min + 27,8 min = 56,1 min.
Table F1.3 Time intervals for reduction in steps of temperature differences
Weights standing on 3 thin PVC columns, enclosed in a bell jar
Acclimatisation time in min for
to be reached from the next higher
, case
3c
K/T
m/kg 20 K to
15 K
15 K to
10 K
10 K to
7 K
7 K to
5 K
5 K to
3 K
3 K to
2 K
2 K to
1 K
50 154,2 235,9 226,9 232,1 388,7 342,7 664,1
20 103,8 158,6 152,4 155,6 260,2 228,9 442,2
10 76,8 117,2 112,4 114,7 191,5 168,1 324,0
5 56,7 86,4 82,8 84,3 140,5 123,1 236,5
2 37,8 57,5 54,9 55,8 92,8 81,0 155,0
1 27,7 42,1 40,1 40,7 67,5 58,8 112,0
0,5 20,2 30,7 29,2 29,6 48,9 42,4 80,5
0,2 13,3 20,1 19,1 19,2 31,7 27,3 51,6
0,1 9,6 14,5 13,7 13,8 22,6 19,5 36,6
0,05 6,9 10,4 9,8 9,9 16,1 13,8 25,7
0,02 4,4 6,7 6,3 6,2 10,2 8,6 16,0
0,01 3,2 4,7 4,4 4,4 7,1 6,0 11,1
F2 Change of the apparent mass
The air flow generated by a temperature difference
is directed upwards where the
weight is warmer,
0T , than the surrounding air, and downwards where it is cooler
0T . The air flow causes friction forces on the vertical surface of a weight, and
pushing or pulling forces on its horizontal surfaces, resulting in a change
conv
m
of the
apparent mass. The load receptor of the instrument is also contributing to the change, in
a manner not yet fully investigated.
There is evidence from experiments that the absolute values of the change are generally
smaller for
0T than for 0
T . It is therefore reasonable to calculate the mass
changes for the absolute values of
, using the parameters for 0T .
Table F2.1 gives values for
conv
m
for standard weights, for the temperature differences
appearing in Tables F1.2 and F1.3. They are based on experiments performed on a
mass comparator with turning table for automatic exchange of weights inside a glass
housing. The conditions prevailing at calibration of “normal” weighing instruments being
different, the values in the table should be considered as estimates of the effects that
may be expected at an actual calibration.
References in [7]: formula (34), and parameters for case 3d in Table 4