摘要
A method with scanning electron microscopy （SEM） is presented to measure the density inhomogeneity of the stainless steel （SS316） sphere prepared for measuring G using time-of-swing method. The experimental result shows that the relative density inhomogeneity of the sphere is better than 5.9 × 10^-4 over the volume of 0.272 ×0.234× 0.005 mm^3. If we assume that the density inhomogeneity of the spheres used in our G measurement is the same as that of the sphere destroyed in testing, it will contribute to G value with an uncertainty of less than 0.034 ppm in our G measurement. Furthermore, the mass centre offset from the geometric centre of the sphere will be less than 4.3× 10^-4 μm due to this inhomogeneity.
A method with scanning electron microscopy （SEM） is presented to measure the density inhomogeneity of the stainless steel （SS316） sphere prepared for measuring G using time-of-swing method. The experimental result shows that the relative density inhomogeneity of the sphere is better than 5.9 × 10^-4 over the volume of 0.272 ×0.234× 0.005 mm^3. If we assume that the density inhomogeneity of the spheres used in our G measurement is the same as that of the sphere destroyed in testing, it will contribute to G value with an uncertainty of less than 0.034 ppm in our G measurement. Furthermore, the mass centre offset from the geometric centre of the sphere will be less than 4.3× 10^-4 μm due to this inhomogeneity.
基金
Supported by the National Basic Research Programme of China under Grant No 2003CB716300, the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 10121503. The authors thank the Center for Analysis and Testing of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the FEI-Quanta 200 SEM used in the experiment is provided by the Centre.
