R Davis and M Gläser 2003 Metrologia 40 339 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/40/6/006
R Davis1 and M Gläser2
Show affiliationsUnwanted magnetic effects must be minimized and quantified in precision weighing and mass metrology. To this end, methods of measuring magnetic fields and of characterizing the magnetic properties of bodies such as weights are reviewed. The results of comparisons between weights made of ferromagnetic and weakly magnetic materials as well as modelling the magnetic forces between weight and balance are reported. Finally, the impact of the magnetic properties of the weights on regulations in legal metrology is discussed.
75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects
41.20.Gz Magnetostatics; magnetic shielding, magnetic induction, boundary-value problems
07.55.Jg Magnetometers for susceptibility, magnetic moment, and magnetization measurements
Accelerators, beams and electromagnetism
Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical
Issue 6 (December 2003)
Received 22 September 2003
Published 27 November 2003
R Davis and M Gläser 2003 Metrologia 40 339
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