Authors Paweł Fotowicz - Central Office of Measures (Główny Urząd Miar)
The article presents a new approach for determining the mass of the international measurement standard of kilogram after the implementation of the new definition of the SI unit of mass. It discusses the method for evaluating the consensus value for the kilogram and the resulting consequences.
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