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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0

ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:



Hydrogen Oxygen Species
Year Reference Data with Ref.
2020 J. V. Widiatmo, T. Misawa, T. Nakano, and I. Saito, Thermodynamic Temperature Measurements from the Triple Point of Water up to the Melting Point of Gallium, Int. J. Thermophys. 41, 42 (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:)
2017 R. Underwood, M. de Podesta, G. Sutton, L. Stanger, R. Rusby, P. Harris, P. Morantz, and G. Machin, Further Estimates of (T-T90) Close to the Triple Point of Water, Int. J. Thermophys. 38, 44 (2017). (DOI:)
2010 R. L. Rusby, The Discontinuity in the First Derivative of the ITS-90 at the Triple Point of Water, Int. J. Thermophys. 31, 1567 (2010). (DOI:)
2002 Wagner, W. and Pruss, A., "The IAPWS Formulation 1995 for the Thermodynamic Properties of Ordinary Water Substance for General and Scientific Use," J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 31, 387-535 (2002). (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 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:)