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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0

ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:

Element: Sn
Year Reference Data with Ref.
2003 G.F. Strouse, D.R. Defibaugh, M.R. Moldover, D.C. Ripple, in Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI) Vol 7, ed. by D.C. Ripple (AIP, Melville, New York, 2003), pp. 31-36 (No DOI)
1997 Anonymous, "High-purity tin and zinc freezing-point cells produced and certified for issuance as Standard Reference Materials 1747 and 1748, respectively," J. Res. Natl. Inst. Stds. Technol. 102, 736-736 (No DOI)
1992 TSAI, SF; LIN, JH; YEH, TI, "AN INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON OF TIN AND ZINC FREEZING POINTS AND THE TRIPLE POINT OF WATER," in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI) 6, 305-309 (1992). (No DOI)
1990 H. Preston-Thomas, The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90), Metrologia 27 (1990) 3 (DOI:)
1983 K. D. Baveja, R. Krishan, Freezing points of pure tin and zinc as defining temperature standards. Indian J. Pure Appl. Phys. 21 (1983) 289-292. (No DOI)
1963 McLaren E. H., Murdock E. G., The Freezing Points of High-Purity Metals as Precision Temperature Standards. VII. Thermal Analyses on Seven Samples of Bismuth, Can. J. Phys., 1963, 41, 95-112. (DOI:)
1957 E. H. McLaren, The freezing points of high purity metals as precision temperature standars. 2. An investigation of the freezing temperatures of zinc, cadium, and tin. Can. J. Phys. 35 (1957) 1086-1106. (DOI:)