Recalculation of the Faraday Constant Due to A New Value for the Atomic Weight of Silver

V E Bower; R S Davis; T J Murphy; P J Paulsen; J W Gramlich; L J Powell

doi:10.6028/jres.087.003

Recalculation of the Faraday Constant Due to A New Value for the Atomic Weight of Silver

J Res Natl Bur Stand (1977). 1982 Jan-Feb;87(1):21-22. doi: 10.6028/jres.087.003.

Authors

V E Bower¹, R S Davis¹, T J Murphy¹, P J Paulsen¹, J W Gramlich¹, L J Powell¹

Affiliation

¹ National Bureau of Standards, Washington, DC 20234.

Abstract

A report of the Faraday constant as determined at NBS via silver coulometry and atomic weight measurements is presented. The uncertainty of the reported result represents a five-fold improvement over measurements made at NBS 20 years ago. The result should contribute to an analysis of the self-consistency of several other fundamental constants measurements. Experimental details have been reported in other publications which are cited in the text.

Keywords: Atomic weight; Faraday constant; atomic weight of silver; coulometer; electrochemical equivalent; fundamental constants; silver; silver coulometer.