kilogram: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: ACS Publications - Journal of Chemical Education - What Is a Kilogram in the Revised International System of Units (SI)? Oct 08, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Say Au Revoir To That Hunk Of Metal In France That Has Defined The Kilogram. Apr 09, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS News - The new definition of the kilogram will change the way we weigh everything. Feb 03, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Newcastle Drive - How the kilogram could change forever. Dec 24, 2025
Add new Web site: AIP Publishing - Physics Today - An atomic physics perspective on the kilogram’s new definition. Aug 14, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Watt balances and the future of the kilogram. Mar 08, 2025
Add new Web site: ACS Publications - Journal of Chemical Education - What Is a Kilogram in the Revised International System of Units (SI)? Sep 27, 2024
Add new Web site: Energy Education - Kilogram. Jul 16, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Kilogram and Measurements of Mass and Force. Apr 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Measurement Standards Laboratory of Newzealand - Kilogram. Oct 27, 2023
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Add new Web site: National Institute of Standards and Technology - Kilogram: Introduction. Jan 20, 2023
Article revised and updated. Nov 19, 2018
Updated for proposal to redefine the kilogram in terms of Planck's constant. Oct 27, 2011
Add new Web site: Sizes - Kilogram. Jul 28, 2010
Article revised. Apr 29, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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