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"How much does it weigh?" seems a simple question. To scientists and engineers, however, the answer is far from simple, and determining the answer demands consideration of an almost overwhelming number of factors. With an intriguing blend of history, fundamentals, and technical details, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Frank E.
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Schoonover, Randall M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press/C and H, 2002.
Subjects:
Mass (Physics) > Measurement.
Measurement.
Masse (Physique) > Mesure.
Mesure.
measuring.
Mass (Physics) > Measurement
Measurement
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Mass and Mass Standards
  • 2. Recalibration of Mass Standards
  • 3. Contamination of Mass Standards
  • 4. Cleaning of Mass Standards
  • 5. From Balance Observations to Mass Differences
  • 6. Glossary of Statistical Terms
  • 7. Measurement Uncertainty
  • 8. Weighing Designs
  • 9. Calibration of the Screen and the Built-in Weights of a Direct-Reading Analytical Balance
  • 10. A Look at the Electronic Balance
  • 11. Examples of Buoyancy Corrections in Weighing
  • 12. Air Density Equation
  • 13. Density of Solid Objects
  • 14. Calculation of the Density of Water
  • 15. Conventional Value of the Result of Weighing in Air
  • 16. A Comparison of Error Propagations for Mass and Conventional Mass.