The Avogadro constant and a new definition of the kilogram

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 349-350, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 219-226

  Becker, Peter ^a   Schiel, Detlef ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avogadro constant; Si molar mass; SI units

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885647287     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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