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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0

ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:

Element: Hg
Year Reference Data with Ref.
2020 K. Zhang, X. J. Feng, J. T. Zhang, Y. Y. Duan, H. Lin, and Y. N. Duan, Determination of T-T90 from 234 K to 303 K by acoustic thermometry with a cylindrical resonator, Metrologia 57, 024004 (2020). (DOI:)
2019 R. M. Gavioso, D. Madonna Ripa, P. P. M. Steur, R. Dematteis, and D. Imbraguglio, Determination of the thermodynamic temperature between 236 K and 430 K from speed of sound measurements in helium, Metrologia 56, 045006 (2019). (DOI:)
2009 Licea-Panduro, D; Mendez-Lango, E, System for Realizing the Triple Point of Mercury to Calibrate Industrial-Type Platinum Resistance Thermometers, Int. J. Thermophys., 30 (2009) 276-283. (DOI:)
2004 Benedetto, G; Gavioso, RM; Spagnolo, R; Marcarino, P; Merlone, A, Acoustic measurements of the thermodynamic temperature between the triple point of mercury and 380 K, Metrologia 41 (2004) 74-98. (DOI:)
2003 Sakurai, H, Calorimetric realization of the triple point of mercury using a pulse-tube refrigerator, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI) 7, 684 (2003) 209-214. (No DOI)
1999 Moldover, MR; Boyes, SJ; Meyer, CW; Goodwin, ARH, Thermodynamic temperatures of the triple points of mercury and gallium and in the interval 217 K to 303 K, J. Res. Nat. Inst. Stds. Technol. 104 (1999) 11-46. (DOI:)
1996 Bedford, RE; Bonnier, G; Maas, H; Pavese, F, Recommended values of temperature on the International Temperature Scale of 1990 for a selected set of secondary reference points, Metrologia, 33 (1996) 133-154. (DOI:)
1996 MendezLango, E; Ancsin, J, Triple point and melting point of mercury, Thermochim. Acta, 287 (1996) 183-190. (DOI:)
1996 Sakurai, H, Realization of the triple points of gallium, water and mercury by an adiabatic calorimetric method, Metrologia, 33 (1996) 395-399. (DOI:)
1995 CROVINI, L, The ITS-90 Temperature of the Gallium Melting Point and the Mercury Freezing Point, Metrologia, 31 (1995) 399-400. (DOI:)
1995 HILL, KD, Inconsistency in the ITS-90 and the triple point of mercury, Metrologia, 32 (1995) 87-94. (DOI:)
1994 HILL, KD, An Apparatus for Realizing the Triple Point of Mercury, Metrologia, 31 (1994) 39-43. (DOI:)
1992 FURUKAWA, GT, REALIZATION OF THE MERCURY TRIPLE POINT, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI) Vol. 6 (1992) 281-285. (No DOI)
1990 H. Preston-Thomas, The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90), Metrologia 27 (1990) 3 (DOI:)
1990 KRISHAN, R; NIJHAWAN, SK, REALIZATION OF THE TRIPLE POINT OF MERCURY, Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys., 28 (1990) 615-617. (No DOI)
1972 Ambrose D., Sprake C. H. S., The Vapour Pressure of Mercury, J. Chem. Thermodynamics, 1972, 4, 603-620. (DOI:)
1937 Beattie J. A., Blaisdell B. E., Kaminsky J., An Experimental Study of the Absolute Temperature Scale. IV. The Reproducibility of the Mercury Boiling Point. The Effect of Pressure on the Mercury Boiling Point, Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., 1937, 71, 375-385. (DOI:)