Project: Realising the redefined kelvin

Acronym Real-K (Reference Number: 18SIB02)
Duration 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2022
Project Topic Temperature measurement techniques are being developed that require reference only to primary constants, such as noise thermometry at very low temperatures and radiometry at high temperatures. Redefinition of the kelvin focuses attention on practical realisation of primary thermometry, expected to lead to a transformation in measurement certainties without need for recalibration. However, primary thermometers remain complicated to use, so scales derived from measurements of other quantities are still required but with revisions, particularly at extreme temperatures. The project will test primary thermometry approaches at temperatures greater than 1300 K and less than 25 K to kick-start the process of making these methods competitive. It will also extend the life of the currently defined scale to allow time for primary methods to develop, and for thermal parameters of gases with potential for replacing mercury as a reference point to be determined. Easing the transition to primary thermometry in this way should enable in-situ traceability at lower cost, in applications such as remote monitoring in manufacturing and the nuclear power sector.
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Network EMPIR
Call EMPIR Call 2018

Project partner

Number Name Role Country
1 NPL Management Limited Coordinator United Kingdom
2 Centro Español de Metrología Partner Spain
3 Cesky Metrologicky Institut Partner Czech Republic
4 Conservatoire national des arts et métiers Partner France
5 Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica Partner Italy
6 Instytut Niskich Temperatur i Badan Strukturalnych im. Wlodzimierza Trzebiatowskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk Partner Poland
7 Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P. Partner Portugal
8 Laboratoire national de métrologie et d'essais Partner France
9 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt Partner Germany
10 Slovenský Metrologický Ústav Partner Slovakia
11 Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu Partner Türkiye
12 Univerza v Ljubljani Partner Slovenia
13 VSL B.V. Partner Netherlands
14 Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy Partner Finland
15 Aalto-korkeakoulusäätiö sr Partner Finland
16 Fondazione Bruno Kessler Partner Italy
17 Helmut Schmidt Universitat Universitat der Bundeswehr Hamburg Partner Germany
18 Uniwersytet Warszawski Partner Poland
19 National Institute of Metrology - NIM Observer China
20 Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Observer China
21 Federal State - Owned Unitary Enterprise "All Russian Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measurements" Observer Russia