BIPM - Resolution 2 of the 17th CGPM

Resolution 2 of the 17th CGPM (1983)

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of the 17th CGPM

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Participation at the General Conference

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Procedure for a State to join the BIPM

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Evolving Needs for Metrology in Trade, Industry and Society, and the Role of the BIPM

National and International Needs Relating to Metrology

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	On the realization of the definition of the metre*		(1)	(3)

The 17th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures

invites the Comité International des Poids et Mesures

to draw up instructions for the practical realization of the new definition of the metre,

to choose radiations which can be recommended as standards of wavelength for the interferometric measurement of length and to draw up instructions for their use,

to pursue studies undertaken to improve these standards.

Reference:

Comptes Rendus de la 17^e CGPM (1983), 1984, 98

Metrologia, 1984, 20(1), 25-26

Note:

See Recommendation 1 (CI-2002) of the CIPM on the revision of the practical realization of the definition of the metre.