Abstract

A new high-temperature furnace was developed in VNIIM and manufactured by the Omsk plant “Etalon.” This furnace is intended for the realization of various fixed points of pure metals and high-temperature metal–carbon eutectics up to a temperature of 3000°C. The construction of the furnace allows measurements to be carried out either with or without the protective window, in a protective atmosphere of argon. The furnace will be described in this article. Cooperation with LNE-INM was initiated with the aim of sharing experience in metal–carbon eutectic cell construction and comparing two Pt–C cells (one cell was made by each partner) as a means of comparing scale realizations around 1740°C. The filling technique used in each laboratory will be described. The average melting temperature of the VNIIM Pt–C eutectic cell, characterized and studied at VNIIM, was 1738.4°C with a standard uncertainty of about 0.13 K. The repeatability of the melting temperature with various measurements was estimated to be within the limits of (0.02–0.2) K. The cell supplied by LNE-INM is the one that was constructed and studied in the framework of the HIMERT European project and described elsewhere. The difference in the melting temperatures of the fixed points (VNIIM—LNE-INM) is about 0.4 K with a standard uncertainty not exceeding 0.18 K. The cells constructed and characterized by each partner were exchanged and measured by the other partner. The results of the study of the melting and freezing of the Pt–C cells carried out by VNIIM and LNE-INM will be presented. The reasons for the difference in the melting temperatures of the two cells are analyzed, and the steps preceding the comparison of the scale realizations of the two laboratories are presented.

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