Determination of the amount of physical adsorption of water vapour on platinum–iridium surfaces

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Abstract This paper presents the measurement of the physical adsorption of water vapour on platinum–iridium surfaces using a vacuum mass comparator. This value is of importance for redefining the kilogram, which will be realized under vacuum in the near future. Mirror-polished artefacts, consisting of a reference artefact and a test artefact, were manufactured for this experiment. The surface area difference between the reference and test artefacts was 226.2 cm 2 . This surface area difference was approximately 3.2 times the geometric surface area of the prototype of the kilogram made of platinum–iridium (71.7 cm 2 ). The measurement results indicate that the amount of physical adsorption at a relative humidity of 50% is 0.0129 μg cm , with a standard uncertainty of 0.0016 μg cm . This value is 0.03 to 0.16 times that observed in other studies.

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