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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0
ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:
Element: Pt
Year
Reference
Data with Ref.
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:)
Quinn T. J., Chandler T. R. D., The Freezing Point of Platinum Determined by the NPL Photoelectric Pyrometer, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI), 1972, 4, 295-309.
(No DOI)