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Resolution 2 of the 16th meeting of the CGPM (1979)
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Realization of electrical units (1) (3)

The 16th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM),

considering

  • the importance for all applications of electrical measurements of more accurate realizations of the SI units, in particular the volt and the ampere,
  • the recent improvement in these realizations both by direct methods and by indirect methods through the determination of physical constants,
  • the divergences which remain between the results given by these different methods,
  • the need to be able to compare independent realizations among themselves to elucidate the origin of these divergences,
  • the improvement in accuracy that will be obtained as soon as a better coherence permits the establishment of more accurate values for the different realizations of these units,
  • recommends the continuation and intensifying of research on both the direct realization of electrical units and there indirect realization through the determination of physical constants.



    Reference:
    Comptes Rendus de la 16e CGPM (1979), 1980, 99
    Metrologia, 1980, 16(1), 55

    The reader should note that the official version of this Resolution is the French text.