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• The New Kilogram: Reasons Behind Upcoming Measurement Reform

  Held in Versailles, the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures was the site of a historic decision to redefine the kilogram. Simply put, it is now immaterial and will be defined via a formula and not, as it had been before, via a material artifact. The effect of that change is that we can now reproduce the perfect kilogram anywhere on Earth without using conventional measurement devices or making comparisons to a standard physical prototype.

  24.01.2019