A new device for an ITS-90 triple-point-of-argon realization has been designed at LNE-CNAM. It follows the widely used principle of the cryogenic Dewar filled with pressurized liquid nitrogen, but the new construction achieves better temperature stability at the level of the argon cell. A new pressure regulation, controlled directly by a nitrogen temperature measurement, solves the problem of the influence of atmospheric-pressure variations. The paper presents the new device and the thermal tests conducted in order to optimize the pressure regulation.
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