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The melting point of diphenyl ether as a self‐maintaining reference temperature in an equatorial climate
Author(s) -
Webb C. G.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49708235415
Subject(s) - diphenyl ether , thermocouple , atmospheric temperature range , melting point , environmental science , air temperature , range (aeronautics) , ether , freezing point , melting temperature , point (geometry) , atmospheric sciences , climatology , materials science , meteorology , thermodynamics , geography , chemistry , physics , mathematics , geology , organic chemistry , composite material , geometry
It is possible, and convenient, in an equatorial climate to use the melting point of diphenyl ether (26.6°C) as a thermocouple reference temperature which, under specified conditions, will be self‐maintaining in the open air to within ± 0.1°C for periods of about a fortnight, the ambient temperature range being ± 5°C.