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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0

ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:

Element: Zn
Year Reference Data with Ref.
2008 Labenski, JR; Tew, WL; Benz, SP; Nam, SW; Dresselhaus, P, A determination of the ratio of the zinc freezing point to the tin freezing point by noise thermometry, Inter. J. Thermo. Phys. 29 (2008) 1-17. (DOI:)
2007 Tew, WL; Labenski, JR; Nam, SW; Benz, SP; Dresselhaus, PD; Burroughs, CJ, "Johnson noise thermometry near the zinc freezing point using resistance-based scaling," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMOPHYSICS 28, 629-645 (2007). (DOI:)
2002 Hartmann, J; Taubert, DR; Fischer, J, "Measurement of T-T90 down to zinc point temperatures with absolute filter radiometry," TEMPMEKO 2001: Proc. 8th Int. Symp. Temp. Thermal Measur. Ind. Sci. , 377-382 (2002). (No DOI)
2002 Wu, J; Yuan, Z; Duan, Y; Wang, T; Zhao, Q, "The realization of zinc fixed-point by radiation thermometry at NIM," TEMPMEKO 2001: Proc. 8th Int. Symp. Temp. Thermal Measur. Ind. Sci. , 189-194 (2002). (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)
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:)
1992 Fellmuth B., Temperature Fixed-Points using High-purity Superconductors, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI), 1992, 6, 233-238. (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:)
1989 FISCHER, J; JUNG, HJ, DETERMINATION OF THE THERMODYNAMIC TEMPERATURES OF THE FREEZING POINTS OF SILVER AND GOLD BY NEAR-INFRARED PYROMETRY, Metrologia 26 (1989) 245-252. (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:)
1958 C. R. Barber, A. Horsford, The freezing point of zinc as a primary point of the international temperature scale, Proc. Roy. Soc London A 247 (1958) 214-224. (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:)