Fifty-Fourth Session of the International Committee of Weights and Measures

1966 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 1348-1351
Author(s):  
G. D. Burdun
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
Fourth Session

Dimensions of plane and solid angles and their units in the International System of Units (SI)

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
M. I. Kalinin ◽  
L. K. Isaev ◽  
F. V. Bulygin
Keyword(s):  
Solid Angle ◽  
International System ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Plane Angle ◽  
Arc Length ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
International System Of Units ◽  
System Of Units ◽  
In Series ◽  
Solid Angles

The situation that has developed in the International System of Units (SI) as a result of adopting the recommendation of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM) in 1980, which proposed to consider plane and solid angles as dimensionless derived quantities, is analyzed. It is shown that the basis for such a solution was a misunderstanding of the mathematical formula relating the arc length of a circle with its radius and corresponding central angle, as well as of the expansions of trigonometric functions in series. From the analysis presented in the article, it follows that a plane angle does not depend on any of the SI quantities and should be assigned to the base quantities, and its unit, the radian, should be added to the base SI units. A solid angle, in this case, turns out to be a derived quantity of a plane angle. Its unit, the steradian, is a coherent derived unit equal to the square radian.

scholarly journals Adapting the International System of Units to the twenty-first century

2011 ◽  
Vol 369 (1953) ◽  
pp. 3907-3924 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian M. Mills ◽  
Peter J. Mohr ◽  
Terry J. Quinn ◽  
Barry N. Taylor ◽  
Edwin R. Williams
Keyword(s):  
International System ◽  
International Committee ◽  
First Century ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
International System Of Units ◽  
System Of Units ◽  
Elementary Charge ◽  
Magnetic Constant ◽  
Base Units ◽  
New Si

We review the proposal of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (Comité International des Poids et Mesures, CIPM), currently being considered by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférences Générales des Poids et Mesures, CGPM), to revise the International System of Units (Le Système International d'Unitès, SI). The proposal includes new definitions for four of the seven base units of the SI, and a new form of words to present the definitions of all the units. The objective of the proposed changes is to adopt definitions referenced to constants of nature, taken in the widest sense, so that the definitions may be based on what are believed to be true invariants. In particular, whereas in the current SI the kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole are linked to exact numerical values of the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, the magnetic constant (permeability of vacuum), the triple-point temperature of water and the molar mass of carbon-12, respectively, in the new SI these units are linked to exact numerical values of the Planck constant, the elementary charge, the Boltzmann constant and the Avogadro constant, respectively. The new wording used expresses the definitions in a simple and unambiguous manner without the need for the distinction between base and derived units. The importance of relations among the fundamental constants to the definitions, and the importance of establishing a mise en pratique for the realization of each definition, are also discussed.

scholarly journals 14. Commission des Étalons de Longueur D’Onde et des Tables de Spectres Solaires

1939 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 79-102
Author(s):  
M. W. F. Meggers ◽  
MM. Babcock ◽  
Buisson ◽  
Burns ◽  
Ch. Fabry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wave Length ◽  
Primary Standard ◽  
International Committee ◽  
International Astronomical Union ◽  
International Union ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
International Astronomical ◽  
Solar Research ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Red Radiation

The red radiation, 6438.4696 A., emitted by a cadmium lamp of Michelson type was first chosen in 1907 by the International Union for Co-operation in Solar Research (Trans. I.U.S.R. 2, 109, 1907) as a definition of the unit of wave-length. This primary standard was subsequently adopted by the International Astronomical Union (Trans. I.A.U. 1, 35, 1922) and by the International Committee on Weights and Measures (Procès-Verbaux Comité Int. Poids et Mesures (2), 12,67,1927). Specifications for the production of this primary standard were adopted provisionally by the I.A.U. in 1925 (Trans. I.A.U. 2, 47, 232, 1925), and by the I.C.W.M. in 1927 (Procès-Verbaux Comité Int. Poids et Mesures (2), 12, 67, 1927). Three reports of this Commission (Trans. I.A.U. 3, 77, 236, 1928; ibid. 4, 58, 233,1932; ibid. 5, 81, 299, 1935) have discussed the divergences in these specifications and pointed out the unsatisfactory features of each. This discussion culminated in a revised specification (Trans. I.A.U. 5, 303, 1935) which was adopted unanimously by the I.C.W.M. in 1935 (Procès-Verbaux Comité Int. (2), 17, 91,1935).

scholarly journals Zepto and Yocto: The Missing Marx Brothers

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 6-15
Author(s):  
Gabor B. Levy
Keyword(s):  
Single Molecule ◽  
Full Range ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Weights And Measures

As the need for prefixes for 10-21 and 10-24 arose, “zepto” and “yocto” surfaced. Professor Dovichi, a leader in ultramicroanalytical techniques, jokingly suggested that these units have been named in honor of two lesser known Marx brothers. Indeed, the habits of the International Committee of Weights and Measures are mysterious, as the bastardized Scandinavian femto and atto (10-15 and 10-18) had already proved. Joke aside, the need for having units as small as 10-15 and 10-24 is a serious and dramatic development. After all, a yoctomole is less than a single molecule. It makes sense only as a probability in a quantum mechanical context. It is instructive to visualize the full range of dimensions.

scholarly journals Definition of the mole (IUPAC Recommendation 2017)

2018 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 175-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Marquardt ◽  
Juris Meija ◽  
Zoltán Mester ◽  
Marcy Towns ◽  
Ron Weir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International System ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Fundamental Physical Constants ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
Technical Report ◽  
System Of Units ◽  
Iupac Recommendation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Base Units ◽  
Fundamental Physical

AbstractIn 2011 the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) noted the intention of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) to revise the entire International System of Units (SI) by linking all seven base units to seven fundamental physical constants. Of particular interest to chemists, new definitions for the kilogram and the mole have been proposed. A recent IUPAC Technical Report discussed these new definitions in relation to immediate consequences for the chemical community. This IUPAC Recommendation on the preferred definition of the mole follows from this Technical Report. It supports a definition of the mole based on a specified number of elementary entities, in contrast to the present 1971 definition.

The caesium resonator as a standard of frequency and time

1957 ◽  
Vol 250 (973) ◽  
pp. 45-69 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Transition Region ◽  
Central Line ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Atomic Unit ◽  
Exciting Field ◽  
Weights And Measures ◽  
Astronomical Time

The construction, operation, and testing of the standard are described. The resonance employed is that due to the hyperfine splitting of caesium, having a frequency of approximately 9192 Mc/s. The transitions between the two atomic states F, m f (4,0) and F, m F (3, 0) are detected in an atomic-beam chamber, in which the length of the transition region is 47 cm, giving a width of resonance, at half deflexion, of 350 cycles, and a standard deviation of setting to the peak of the resonance of ± l c/s . It is shown that the geometrical parameters of the beam chamber such as slit widths, alinement of the beam, and shape of the pole-pieces of the deflecting magnets are relatively unimportant, and that other parameters, including the pressure in the beam chamber, the temperature of the oven, from which the caesium atoms are evaporated, and the radio-frequency power exciting the transitions can be varied throughout wide limits without causing changes in resonant frequency exceeding 1 part in 10 10 . A unidirectional magnetic field is applied over the transition region to remove the field-dependent resonant lines of the Zeeman pattern from the central line which depends on the field to only a second-order extent. It has been found that a satisfactory resonance is obtained with a field as low as 0.05 Oe at which the total effect of the field on the frequency is only 1 c/s. The dependence of the frequency on the phase conditions in the two-cavity resonators carrying the exciting field is studied, and it is concluded that the phases can be made sufficiently close to enable the frequency to be defined with a precision of ± 1 part in 10 10 . The resonator is used as a passive instrument to calibrate the quartz clocks, usually at intervals of a few days; and it is estimated that the clocks calibrated in this way provide at all times the atomic unit of frequency and time interval with a standard deviation of ± 2 parts in 10 10 . The quartz clocks are also calibrated in terms of astronomical time and the results are compared for the period from June 1955 to June 1956. For operational purposes the frequency of the resonance was taken as 9 192 631 830 c/s which was the value obtained in terms of the unit of uniform astronomical time made available by the Royal Greenwich Observatory in June 1955. The value is being determined in terms of the second of ephemeris time, which has now been adopted by the International Committee of Weights and Measures as the unit of time, but to obtain the accuracy required the comparison must be extended over a long interval in view of the difficulties associated with the astronomical measurements.

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