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. 2001 Feb 1;106(1):105–149. doi: 10.6028/jres.106.006

Table 6.

Industrial platinum resistance thermometer calibrations. The expanded uncertainty (k = 2) is denoted by U

Comparison calibration
Comparison bath LN2 Cryostat Cryostat Cryostat Water Oil Salt
Temperature range −196 °C 0 °C to −70 °C −70 °C to −80 °C −80 °C to −97 °C 0.5 °C to 95 °C 95 °C to 300 °C 300 °C to 550 °C
U(m°C) 2.3 2.3 4 9 2.4 4.8 7.5
Fixed-point calibration
Fixed point Temperature ice point
0 °C
H2O TP
0.01 °C
Ga MP
29.7646 °C
U(m°C) 1.8 1.4 1.6