The purity and physical condition of the platinum of which the thermometer is made should be such that the ratio RJR0 shall not be less than 1.390 for t= 100' and 2.64 j for t = 4.4.4.6".From -190" to the ice point the temperature t is deduced from the resistance R, of a standard platinum resistance thermometer by means of the formula
R,=R, ( I + A t + B t Z + C ( t -I o o ) t3). The constants R,, A and B are to be determined as specified above, and the additional constant C is determined by calibration at the oxygen point.The standard thermometer for use below 0 ' C. must in addition have a ratio RJR, less than 0 * 2 j o for t = -182.97'.From 660" C. to the gold point the temperature t is deduced from the electromotive force e of a standard platinum vus platinum-rhodium thermocouple, one junction of which is kept at a constant temperature of 0" C. while the other is at the temperature t defined by the formula e = a+ bt + ct2.