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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0
ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:
Metal Oxides
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:)
Yamada T., Yoshimura M., Somiya S., Redetermination of the Solidifcation Points of Al2O3,Y2O3, and HfO2 by Digital Pyrometry with an Arc-imaging Furnace, High Temp. High Press., 1986, 18, 377-388.
(No DOI)
Zhang P. H., Chang R. Z., Wei Z., Cao H., Zhou X. N., The Melting Point, Latent Heat of Solidifcation, and Enthalpy for both Solid and Liquid Al2O3 in the Range 550-2400 K, Int. J. Thermophys., 1986, 7, 811-819. (DOI:)
Ortman M. S., Larsen E. M., Preparation, Characterization, and Melting Point of High-Purity Lithium Oxide, J. Amer. Ceramic Soc., 1983, 66, 645-648. (DOI:)