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resistance thermometer

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resistance thermometer [ri′zis·təns thər′mäm·əd·ər]
(engineering)
A thermometer in which the sensing element is a resistor whose resistance is an accurately known function of temperature. Also known as electrical resistance thermometer; resistance pyrometer.


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The standard platinum resistance thermometer (SPRT) is located in a thermowell alongside the equilibrium cell.
A small-volume apparatus for the measurement of phase equilibria by Lee, Byung-Chul / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
This comparison, with NIST as a pilot laboratory, had a very large number of participants--15--and required the use of delicate thermometric fixed-point cells and standard platinum resistance thermometers.
International comparison of temperature completed. (General ... by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Between these fixed points, standard platinum resistance thermometers (SPRTs) are used as interpolating devices with a prescribed interpolation formula.
Determination of the non-uniqueness of the international temperature ... by Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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