On the role of the Avogadro constant in redefining SI units for mass and amount of substance

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-86

  Leonard, B P ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MASS;

AVOGADRO CONSTANT; DE BROGLIE-COMPTON FREQUENCY; PLANCK CONSTANT;

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34047238637     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/1/012     Document Type: Article

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