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NIST Temperature Scale Database (SRD 60), Version 3.0

ITS-90 References for Temperature Points:

Oxidized Hydrocarbons
Year Reference Data with Ref.
2020 Y. Kawamura, N. Matsumoto, and T. Nakano, "Realization of the triple point of carbon dioxide evaluated by the ITS–90," Metrologia 57, 015005 (2020). (DOI:)
2014 José M.S. Fonseca, Nikola Gushterov, Ralf Dohrn, Vapour pressures of selected organic compounds down to 1mPa, using mass-loss Knudsen effusion method, J. Chem. Thermodyn. 73, 148-155 (2014). (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 Ancsin J., Development of Cryogenic Sealed Cells as Temperature Standards: their Filling System and the Purification of CO2, Metrologia, 1992, 29, 71-78. (DOI:)
1992 Glicksman M. E., Koo K-K , Marsh S. P., Thermal Evolution of Solid-liquid Mixtures in Ethylene Carbonate, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI), Reinhold, New York, 1992, 6, 319-322. (No DOI)
1989 Halawa M. M., Georgiuss R. S., El-Sabban S., Ammar M. M., Study of the Freezing Temperature of Benzoic Acid as a Standard Reference Material in Thermometry, J. Mat. Science, 1989, 24, 2619-2622. (DOI:)
1986 Cox J. D., Mangum B. W., Evaluation of the Triple Point of 1,3-Dioxolan-2-One, Metrologia, 1986/87, 23, 173-178. (DOI:)
1985 Vaughan M. F., Butler J., Temperature Fixed Points II. Benzoic Acid Triple-Point Cells, NPL Report QU71, 1985. (No DOI)
1982 Blanes-Rex R., Fern´andez E. P. A., Guzm´an F., On the Triple Point Temperature of CO2, Cryogenics, 1982, 22, 113-114. (DOI:)
1982 Cox J. D., Vaughan M. F., Temperature Fixed Points: Evaluation of Four Types of Triple-point Cell, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI), Reinhold, New York, 1982, 5, 267-280. (No DOI)
1982 Pavese F., Ferri D., Ten Years of Research on Sealed Cells for Phase Transition Studies of Gases at IMGC, in Temperature, Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry (TMCSI), Reinhold, New York, 1982, 5, 217-227. (No DOI)
1981 Crovini L., Marcarino P., Milazzo G., Apparatus for Accurate Determination of Melting and Freezing Points, Anal. Chem., 1981, 53, 681-686. (DOI:)
1980 Cox J. D., Vaughan M. F., The Triple Point of Phenoxybenzene, Metrologia, 1980, 16, 105-109. (DOI:)
1966 Barber C. R., The Sublimation Temperature of Carbon Dioxide, Br. J. Appl. Phys., 1966, 17, 391-397. (DOI:)
1963 Lovejoy D. R., Some Boiling and Triple Points Below 0 °C, Nature, 1963, 197, 353-354. (DOI:)
1957 Ambrose D., The Triple Point of Carbon Dioxide as a Thermometric Fixed Point, Br. J. Appl. Phys., 1957, 8, 32-34. (DOI:)
1945 Schwab F. W., Wichers E., Freezing Temperature of Benzoic Acid as a Fixed Point in Thermometry, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., 1945, 34, 333-372. (DOI:)