A New Generation of Open Zinc Freezing Point Cells at TUBITAK UME

The Temperature Laboratory at TUBITAK UME initiated a study which focused on the construction of freezing point cells of ITS-90 as primary temperature standards. The first cell constructed within the scope of this study was an open tin freezing point cell and the results were in good agreement with the reference tin fixed point cell of UME. The second set of cells constructed was two open zinc freezing point cells. The design of these cells is similar to the tin freezing point cell. After construction, all the home-made cells were evaluated by analyzing their melting and freezing curves. Finally comparison measurements were performed between the current laboratory reference zinc cell and all newly constructed cells.