Archived Say Goodbye to the Physical Kilogram (and Perhaps much More) (consortiuminfo.org)
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Archived Say Goodbye to the Physical Kilogram (and Perhaps much More) (consortiuminfo.org)
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[–] Gamio 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You fundamentally do not understand what this new standard means.
It means that with the right apparatus anyone can make their own physical standard kilo, by far the biggest problem with physical weights is that over time they change though gas absorption and even just handling them can add or remove micro grams of material and you periodically have to replace them with measures that are made in to someone elses standard meaning they have to come from someone elses lab which has its own issues. It simplifies the whole process by basing it off of a physics constant instead of making everything beside another standard that might have gained or lost weight.
http://www.colorsmagazine.com/stories/magazine/85/story/the-original-kilogram It gets rid of this shit.