Mass Metrology

• Main Author: Gupta, S. V. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 155
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Materials science.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

This book presents the practical aspects of mass measurements. Concepts of gravitational, inertial and conventional mass and details of the variation of acceleration of gravity are described. The Metric Convention and International Prototype Kilogram and BIPM standards are described. The effect of c...