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. 1995 May-Jun;100(3):227–239. doi: 10.6028/jres.100.016

Table 1.

Relationship of NIST and PTB units of luminous intensity (candela, cd) and luminous flux (lumen, lm) since 1985 CCPR intercomparison, relative to the world mean of 1985

Units Participant 1985 CCPR intercomp. 1987 Bilateral intercomp. 1988 BIPM report 1990 New Int’n Temp. Scale 1992 NIST New unit 1993 Predicted
Candela BIPM 1.0100 1.000 1.000
PTB 1.0032 1.003 1.003
NIST 0.9942 0.994 0.9977 1.0014 1.001
PTB–NIST 0.0090 0.009 0.0055 0.0018 0.002
Lumen BIPM 0.9930 1.000 1.000
PTB 1.0056 1.006 1.006
NIST 0.9899 0.990 0.990
PTB–NIST 0.0157 0.017 0.016 0.016