Contents

Basic concepts, including power produced by voltage
Thermal converters, single element vacuum thermocouple converters.
Making transfers and the determination of alternating voltage and current, frequency effects.
Understand AC-DC Devices including multijunction thermocouples, log/antilog converters, electrostatic and electrodynamic instruments

Using AC-DC transfer standards
Explain and understand types of AC-DC transfer standards.
Vacuum thermocouple-based standards.
AC-DC voltage transfers i.e. plane of reference and frequency response
Follow the correct procedures in making the transfer; preparation and using shunts for AC-DC current transfers.
Describe transfer errors and their avoidance; 4-termincal connections, proper connections and hookups, distortion and noise.
Understand transfer standard calibration; AC-DC difference, half-scale range intercomparison

Inductance and Capacitance
Explain the SI definition of inductance; standard of inductance, traceable standards, time constants and inductive reactance in AC circuits.
Explain the SI definition of capacitance.
Describe the Realization of the Farad, traceable capacitance standards, time constants, capacitive reactance in AC circuits, comparing the currents in inductors and capacitors.

Immittance and AC Ratio
Describe and understand impedance, admittance and immittance, AC reactance.
Understand and use audio frequency dividers; resistive and reactive dividers.
Explain RF ratio; and connector and hookup considerations.