The assumption of the conservation of mass and its implications for present and future definitions of the kilogram and the mole

Metrologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 169-173

  Davis, Richard S ^a   Milton, Martin J T ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

Author keywords

equivalent mass; International System of Units; kilogram; mole; SI

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; SILICON;

AVOGADRO CONSTANT; CONSERVATION OF MASS; EQUIVALENT MASS; KILOGRAM; MOLE; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; SILICON CRYSTAL; X RAY CRYSTALS;

METRIC SYSTEM;

EID: 84901657550     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/51/3/169     Document Type: Article

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