Helium Research Center internal report
Subtitle: calibration of a piston gage by means of a mercury column less than one meter high : significance of piston constants and their applications
By: Earle S. Burnett, Paul V. Mullins
Contributors: Mullins, Paul V.; United States. Bureau of Mines; Helium Research Center (United States. Bureau of Mines). Branch of Fundamental Research
Series: Helium Research Center Internal Report / U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines -- no. 46; Helium Research Center Internal Report (United States. Bureau of Mines) -- no. 46.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Branch of Fundamental Research
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Amarillo, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Pressure; Measurement; Helium; Pistons; Mathematical models
Other titles: Bureau of Mines, Helium Activity, Helium Research Center Internal Report
Description: Rotating-piston gages have been used for many years for measurement of pressure to several hundred atmospheres. They have been calibrated by comparison of fluid pressures produced by various loads bearing on the piston bases, as measured by corresponding heights of balancing columns of mercury. When expressed in appropriate units, these ratios of column heights to piston loads are called piston constants. Experimental arrangements and procedures for their determination are presented in this paper, followed by a discussion of their significance and of their subsequent applications.
Notes: "June 1964."

"Fundamental Research Branch, Project 4330."

Includes bibliographical references.