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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:)
1986 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)
1986 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:)
1984 Castanet R., Selected Data on the Thermodynamic Properties of Alumina, High Temp High Press., 1984, 16, 449-457. (No DOI)
1983 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:)
1982 Hlavac J., IUPAC Report: Melting Temperatures of Refractory Oxides: Part I, Pure Appl. Chem, 1982, 54, 682-688. (DOI:)
1977 Foex M., Recherche sur le Point de Fusion de l'Oxyde d'Yttrium, High Temp. High Press., 1977, 9, 269-282. (No DOI)
1970 S. J. Schneider, IUPAC Report PAC 21/1-N, London, Butterworth, 1970. (No DOI)