Handbook of Metrology (Encyclopedia of Applied Physics) - Hardcover

9783527406661: Handbook of Metrology (Encyclopedia of Applied Physics)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527406662 ISBN 13: 9783527406661

Publisher: Wiley-VCH, 2010

Metrology is the study of measurement. It includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement and may be divided into three subfields:

Scientific or fundamental metrology concerns the establishment of measurement units, unit systems, development of new measurement methods, realization of measurement standards and the transfer of traceability from these standards to users in society.

This handbook contains articles dealing with general topics of measurement and articles on particular subjects in mechanics and acoustics, electricity, optics, temperature, time and frequency, chemistry, medicine and particles. The contributions of the first part are sumamrized as follows.

Introduction
Units
Fundamental Constants
Fundamentals of Materials Measurement and Testing
Measurement of Mass Desnity
Measurement and Instrumentation of Flow
Ultrasonics
Measurement of Basic Electromagnetic Quantities
Quantum Electrical Standards
Metrology of Time and Frequency
Temperature Measurement
Metrology in Medicine

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About the Author:

Editors: Manfred Kochsiek, former Vice President of PTB (German National Metrology Institute), and Michael Gl�ser, project leader in the Department of Technology Transfer.
Authors: F. Arias, BIPM, France. A. Bauch, PTB, Germany. J.H. Cantrell, U Tennessee, USA. S.M. Cristescu, Radboud University, The Netherlands. L. H. Czichos, BHT, Germany. R.S. Davies, BIPM, France. C. Fabjan, HEPHY, Austria. J. Fischer, PTB, Germany. J.L. Flowers, NPL, UK. E. Foerster, U Jena, Germany. C. Grupen, U Siegen, Germany. J.E. Hardy, Oak Ridge, USA. F.J.M. Harren, Radboud University, The Netherlands. M. Inguscio, LENS, Italy. B.P Kibble, NPL, UK. R. Macdonald, PTB, Germany. T.H. Markert, MIT, USA. S. Mieke, PTB, Germany. S. Persijn, NMI, The Netherlands. B.W. Petley, NPL, UK. F. Piquemal, LNE, France. K.A. Rubinson, Wright State U, USA. F.R. Ruppel, Alstom Power Inc., USA. G. Rusciano, U Neaples, Italy. A. Sasso, U Neaples, Italy. B.R.L. Siebert, PTB, Germany. K.D. Sommer, PTB, Germany. J. Stenger, PTB, Germany.

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