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The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
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RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
(May 21, 2019 at 5:09 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Kilogram Redefined

Quote:Currently, it is defined by the weight of a platinum-based ingot called "Le Grand K" which is locked away in a safe in Paris.

On Friday, researchers meeting in Versailles voted to get rid of it in favour of defining a kilogram in terms of an electric current.

And about bleeding time, and all.  The standard kilogram is off by about 50 parts in a billion.  This is killing my heroin profits.

Boru

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RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!! - by brewer - May 21, 2019 at 8:30 am



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