Realizing the redefined Kelvin: Extending the life of ITS-90
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Abstract
Following the redefinition of the kelvin, the user is presented with a more nuanced traceability route for temperature through the mise en pratique for the definition of the kelvin (MeP-K-19).Here we describe research to address several present and potential shortcomings with the current main dissemination route, namely the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90).The ITS-90 has served the global temperature measurement community well, providing reliable, low uncertainty traceability for over 30 years.However, there are some potentially life-limiting issues for it.Among these are the impact of the main types (1 and 3) of non-uniqueness which represent an important contribution to the uncertainties achievable with the ITS-90, and the possible need to identify an alternative to the mercury triple point, a key fixed point of the ITS-90 whose use could be banned by an international treaty.Significant progress has been made in addressing these problems through a) new determinations of Type 3 non-uniqueness which have been undertaken in the range -189 °C to 156 °C; b) a comprehensive evaluation of Type 1 non-uniqueness on a large number of Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometers (SPRTs) across multiple temperature regions; c) comparison of high temperature SPRTs in pressurecontrolled heat pipes to characterize Type 3 non-uniqueness between 660.323 °C and 961.78 °C and d) new designs of CO2 and SF6 cells for use with long-stem SPRTs.The fixed-point cells have been improved compared to previous versions by using purer gases and more stable and uniform temperature-controlled baths, and by the development of a flexible set-up that can accommodate both capsule and long-stem SPRTs.The effect of replacing mercury on the ITS-90 interpolating equations and uncertainty propagation has also been investigated.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.009 | 0.015 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.003 | 0.007 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.002 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".