Towards a better definition of the kilogram

Metrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 83-86

  Hill, Theodore P ^a   Miller, Jack ^b   Censullo, Albert C ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC DEFINITIONS; AVOGADRO'S NUMBER; ELECTRONIC KILOGRAM; INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS; PLANCK'S CONSTANTS; UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES;

METRIC SYSTEM;

EID: 79956298591     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/48/3/002     Document Type: Article

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