State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation

20.01.2026

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State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation

ГЭТ 88-2014 (НИЛ 2201)

Standard name:

  • ГЭТ 88-2014 State primary special standard of the unit of electric current in the frequency range (20 - 1·10^6) Hz

Type of measurement:

  • Measurements of electrical and magnetic quantities

Structural division: name НИО\НИЛ:

  • Research Laboratory of State Primary Standards in the Field of Measurements of Electrical Circuit Modes

Guardian Scientist:

  • Shevtsov Vladimir Ivanovich, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor

Year of creation:

  • 1975

Year of re-confirmation:

  • 2015

Operating principle:

  • The standard's operation is based on the method of comparing the root-mean-square value of alternating current with the value of direct current at different times.

Composition of the standard:

  • Reference AC Current Thermocouple Sets for Current Ranges from 1 10-3 to 0.1 A and Frequency Ranges from 20 to 1 106 Hz;
  • Reference AC Current Thermocouple Sets for Current Ranges from 0.3 to 20 A and Frequency Ranges from 40 to 2 104 Hz;
  • Fluke A40B AC Current Shunt Set for Frequency Ranges from 20 Hz to 100 kHz and Current Ranges from 1 mA to 100 A;
  • Highly Stable AC/DC Current Source;
  • AC to AC converter with a frequency range from 1 to 1000 kHz;
  • Clarke Hess 8100 voltage-controlled current amplifier;
  • 34420A nanovoltmeter/microohmmeter;
  • 792A precision AC voltage converters;
  • Electrical resistance meters;
  • Air parameter meter for monitoring environmental parameters.

Main metrological characteristics

Name Value
Estimated Unexcluded Systematic Reproduction Error (3 x 10-6 - 5 x 10-5) relative units at a current of (1 x 10-3 – 0.1) A in the frequency range of (20 - 1 x 106) Hz (5 x 10-5 - 1 x 10-4) relative units at current (0.1 – 100) A in the frequency range (40 - 1 105) Hz
Estimation of random error of unit reproduction (1 10-6 - 2 10-5) rel. units at current (1 10-3 – 0.1) A in the frequency range (20 - 1 106) Hz (2 10-5 - 5 10-5) rel. units at current (0.1 – 100) A in the frequency range (40 - 1 105) Hz
Type A standard uncertainty (1 10-6 - 2 10-5) rel. units at current (1 10-3 – 0.1) A in the frequency range (20 - 1 106) Hz (2 10-5 - 5 10-5) rel. units at a current strength of (0.1 – 100) A in the frequency range of (40 - 1 105) Hz
Type B standard uncertainty (1.7 x 10-6 - 3 x 10-5) rel. units at a current of (1 x 10-3– 0.1) A in the frequency range of (20 - 1 x 106) Hz (3 x 10-5 - 6 x 10-5) rel. units at current (0.1 – 100) A in the frequency range (40 - 1 105) Hz
Total standard uncertainty (2 10-6 – 3.6 10-5) rel. units at current (1 10-3 – 0.1) A in the frequency range (20 - 1 106) Hz (3.6 10-5 – 7.8 10-5) rel. units at current (0.1 – 100) A in the frequency range (40 - 1 105) Hz
Expanded uncertainty with coverage factor k=2 (4 10-6 – 7.2 10-5) rel. units at current (1 10-3 – 0.1) A in the frequency range (20 - 1 106) Hz (7.2 10-5 – 1.6 10-4) rel. units at a current strength of (0.1 – 100) A in the frequency range of (40 - 1 105) Hz

Verification diagram:

  • Heads the state verification scheme for measuring instruments of alternating electric current from 1 x 10^-8 to 100 A in the frequency range from 1 x 10^-1 to 1 x 10^6 Hz

Scope of application:

  • Electric Power and Energy-Saving Technologies;
  • Instrument and Precision Engineering;
  • Electronic, Space, and Defense Technologies;
  • Construction;
  • Metallurgy;
  • Medicine;
  • Food Industry.

Results of applying the standard:

Metrological support for AC current measurements:

  • 2 secondary standards;
  • approximately 300 first-class working standards;
  • over 1,000 second-class working standards.

The total number of measuring instruments traceable to ГЭТ 88-2014:

According to expert estimates, there are more than 10 million units - calibrators, multimeters, current converters, AC shunts, panel ammeters, etc.

Ensuring the uniformity of measurements, participation in the CIPM MRA program:

Comparisons: CCEM-K12. CMC string: COOMET-EM-RU-00000KYA-1.

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