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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 29.
Published in final edited form as: Metrologia. 2012;49(Technical Suppl):06006. doi: 10.1088/0026-1394/49/1A/06006

Table 12.

Uncertainties associated with the comparison results

Relative standard uncertainty uiA uiB
NK,NIST/NK,BIPM 0.0026 0.0025a
Ion recombination in transfer chambers - 0.0005
Field size/distance - 0.0005
kQ - 0.0004
Transfer chambers str,comp - 0.0009
RK,NIST uc = 0.0038
a

Takes account of correlation in type B uncertainties as noted in Section 9.