Handbook of Mass Measurement – F. E. Jones, R. M. Schoonover – 1st Edition

1. Mass and mass standards
2. Recalibration of mass standards
3. Contamination of mass standards
4. Cleaning of mass standards
5. From balance observations to mass differences
6. Measurement uncertainty
7. Weighing designs
8. Calibration of the screen and the built-in weights of a direct-reading analytical balance
9. A look at the electronic balance
10. Buoyancy corrections in weighing
11. Air density equation
12. Density of solid objects
13. Calculation of the density of water
14. Conventional mass, concept, intent, benefits, and limitations
15. A comparison of error propagations for mass and conventional mass
16. Examination of parameters that can cause error in mass determinations
17. Determination of the mass of a piston-gage weight, practical uncertainty limits
18. Response of apparent mass to thermal gradients and free convective currents
19. Magnetic errors in mass metrology
20. Effect of gravitational configuration of weights on precision of mass measurements
21. Laboratory standard operating procedures
22. Tolerance testing of mass standards
23. Surveillance testing
24. The mass unit disseminated to surrogate laboratories using the nist portable mass calibration packages
25. Highly accurate direct mass measurements without the use of external standards
26. The piggyback balance experiment, an illustration of archimedes' principle and newton's third law
27. The application of the electronic balance in high precision pycnometry