New white paper reviews latest support for Redefinition of the Kilogram by 2018

New white paper reviews latest support for Redefinition of the Kilogram by 2018 Griefensee, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 31, 2017 - The NewKILO JRP, a three-year project of the European Metrology Research Programme (EMRP) involving 13 National Metrology Institutes (NMIs) and co-funded by the European Union (EU), was completed in May 2015. The future definition will require the unit of mass to be realized in a vacuum, instead being maintained and used in air, which presents some challenges to establishing traceability to the ... more

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