Useful ResourcesNPL publications for the beginner and those looking for more technical details, plus links to areas detailing background to our work in temperature metrology
Measurement Guides
NPL has developed a series of guides, for the beginner and for those looking for more technical detail.
- Beginner's Guide to Measurement
- Beginner's Guide to Uncertainty of Measurement
- Guide to Measurement of Humidity
- Introduction to Temperature Measurement
The full list of guides can be found here
Temperature Area
Underpinning NPL's research, calibration and training activities is a wealth of experience in laboratory standards and industrial implementation. Some of the background to the work in temperature metrology is captured here:
- The international temperature scale of 1990
- Towards a new definition of the Kelvin
- Science of eutectic fixed-points
- Primary acoustic thermometry
- Thermocouples for high temperature industrial measurements
- High temperature research
- Temperature fixed points (of the International Temperature Scale of 1990: ITS-90)
The flyers available at present, with details of NPL's temperature services, are:
Discussion Group
NPL has also set up the dedicated LinkedIn discussion group Thermocouples in Industry (UK)
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