Table 2.
Standard uncertainties us×106 from various sources in the re-determination of (T−T90)/T. The square root of the sum of the squares (RSS) is calculated twice: first, including Rows 4 and 5, but not Rows 6 and 7; and second, including Rows 6 and 7, but not Rows 4 and 5
| Source | 217 K | 234 K | 253 K | 293 K | 303 K |
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| Microwave values for [a(T)/a(Tw)]2
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| 1. Discrepancies among triplets | 0.32 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.33 |
| 2. δm(T) calc. from resistivity (0.04×ρ) | 0.39 | 0.25 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
| 3. δm(T) calc.−δm(T) meas. | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
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| Acoustic (isotherm fits)
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| 4. Uncertainty of A0(Tw)/a2 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.67 |
| 5. Uncertainty of A0(T)/a2 | 2.31 | 1.85 | 1.35 | 1.67 | 1.43 |
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| Acoustic (surface fit)
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| 6. Uncertainty of A0(Tw)/a2 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| 7. Uncertainty of A0(T)/a2 | 0.52 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.38 |
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| Thermometry
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| 8. SPRT & bridge repeat. @ Tw (10 μΩ) | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
| 9. Difference between calibrations | 0.22 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.54 | 0.78 |
| 10. Temperature gradient | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.34 | 0.33 |
| 11. Non-uniqueness of ITS-90 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
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| Additional sources
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| 12. Thermal conductivity (0.3 %) | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| 13. Uncertainty of pressure zero | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.07 |
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| 14. Isotherm fits: RSS | 3.13 | 2.62 | 2.40 | 2.58 | 2.43 |
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| 15. Surface fit: RSS | 1.42 | 0.92 | 1.16 | 1.11 | 1.13 |
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| 16. Isotherm fits: RSS×(T/mK) | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.76 | 0.74 |
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| 17. Surface fit: RSS×(T/mK) | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.34 |