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3.1.10 What is the Long Term Stability of

this Measurement System

A Composer Transducer was checked weekly for its frequency in nitrogen at
175 Torr (23.3 kPa) and 50 °C. As of this writing there does not appear to be
any trend that might be construed to relate to any wear mechanism or
degradation with time, see

Figure 3-5

. In addition, the short term measurement

stability was checked at the same time and plotted as Root Allan Variance
(RAV). This data is not corrected for zero off sets due to atmospheric pressure
variations over the test period.

Figure 3-5 Long Term Reproducibility and Stability at Low Pressure

Date (1997)

Cell #23: N2 @ 50 sccm, 175 Torr (23.3 KPa), 50º C