Kilogram Lost Weight
By admin • Mar 2nd, 2008 • Category: Physics
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The kilogram is losing weight!
Scientists all around the world come to an agreement that it’s time to redefine it.
They will do that by basing kilogram on standards of universal constants rather than on an artifact standard.
A vault near Paris is keeping the International Prototype Kilogram (IPK) or “Le Grand K”. It is a bar of platinum-iridium alloy made in the 1880s.
There are 7 units of measurement in the International System. The kilogram is the only base still defined by a physical object.
The purpose of redefining the kilogram is based on risk reduction and because it will enable better measurements in the future.
Do not be confused; the kilogram will still be the kilogram; it’s only the way it will be defined that will change. It could happen in 2011.
credit: Quasimondo
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