We review correlated uncertainties among the accurate determinations of the Boltzmann constant kB that used the techniques of primary acoustic gas thermometry (AGT). We find correlated uncertainty contributions from four sources: (1) the uncertain chemical and isotopic compositions of the test gases that lead to an uncertain average molar mass, (2) measurements of the temperature, (3) measurements of the shape and dimensions of the cavity resonators, and (4) fitting acoustic resonance frequencies as a function of the pressure. Molar-massdependent uncertainties are correlated among those measurements that used argon with isotopic abundances determined using an isotopic standard prepared at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science in 2006. Correlated, cavity-dependent uncertainties result from using the same cavity for more than one measurement. Small, correlated uncertainties propagate into all the AGT determinations of kB when acoustic resonance frequencies are fit for kB using uncertain literature data for the Avogadro constant and for the thermal conductivity and the higher acoustic virial coefficients of helium or argon.

Correlations among acoustic measurements of the Boltzmann constant / Moldover, M. R.; Gavioso, Roberto; Newell, D. B.. - In: METROLOGIA. - ISSN 0026-1394. - 52:(2015), pp. 376-384. [10.1088/0026-1394/52/5/S376]

Correlations among acoustic measurements of the Boltzmann constant

GAVIOSO, ROBERTO;
2015

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We review correlated uncertainties among the accurate determinations of the Boltzmann constant kB that used the techniques of primary acoustic gas thermometry (AGT). We find correlated uncertainty contributions from four sources: (1) the uncertain chemical and isotopic compositions of the test gases that lead to an uncertain average molar mass, (2) measurements of the temperature, (3) measurements of the shape and dimensions of the cavity resonators, and (4) fitting acoustic resonance frequencies as a function of the pressure. Molar-massdependent uncertainties are correlated among those measurements that used argon with isotopic abundances determined using an isotopic standard prepared at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science in 2006. Correlated, cavity-dependent uncertainties result from using the same cavity for more than one measurement. Small, correlated uncertainties propagate into all the AGT determinations of kB when acoustic resonance frequencies are fit for kB using uncertain literature data for the Avogadro constant and for the thermal conductivity and the higher acoustic virial coefficients of helium or argon.
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