TY - JOUR A1 - Rudtsch, S. A1 - Fahr, M. A1 - Fischer, J. A1 - Gusarova, Tamara A1 - Kipphardt, Heinrich A1 - Matschat, Ralf T1 - High-Purity Fixed Points of the ITS-90 with Traceable Analysis of Impurity Contents JF - International Journal of Thermophysics N2 - The International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90) is based on thermodynamic equilibrium states of ideally pure substances. The largest contribution to the uncertainty budgets of most metallic fixed points is the influence of impurities on the fixed-point temperature. Therefore, a traceable chemical analysis of the remaining impurities with small uncertainty is the basis of further progress. Further requirements are better knowledge of the phase diagrams at very low impurity contents, impurity segregation, and the quantification and correction of thermal effects during a fixed-point realization. In this article, current and future activities at PTB and BAM in order to develop improved metallic fixed-point cells of the ITS-90 are reviewed. KW - Chemical analysis KW - Fixed points KW - Impurities KW - ITS-90 KW - Phase diagrams KW - Thermal effects PY - 2008 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10765-007-0358-9 SN - 0195-928X SN - 1572-9567 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 139 EP - 150 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-17455 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -