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    The kilogram (also spelled kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg. 'Kilogram' means...
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  • The kilogram-force (kgf or kgF), or kilopond (kp, from Latin: pondus, lit. 'weight'), is a non-standard gravitational metric unit of force. It is not accepted...
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  • The metre, kilogram, second system of units, also known more briefly as MKS units or the MKS system, is a physical system of measurement based on the metre...
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    International Prototype of the Kilogram (referred to by metrologists as the IPK or Le Grand K; sometimes called the ur-kilogram, or urkilogram, particularly...
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    The kilogram per cubic metre (symbol: kg·m−3, or kg/m3) is the unit of density in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined by dividing the...
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    A kilogram-force per square centimetre (kgf/cm2), often just kilogram per square centimetre (kg/cm2), or kilopond per square centimetre (kp/cm2) is a...
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  • The watt-hour per kilogram (unit symbols: W⋅h/kg) is a unit of specific energy commonly used to measure the density of energy in batteries and capacitors...
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    It is a metrological instrument that can realize the definition of the kilogram unit of mass based on fundamental constants. It was originally known as...
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    which are the second (symbol s, the unit of time), metre (m, length), kilogram (kg, mass), ampere (A, electric current), kelvin (K, thermodynamic temperature)...
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    base units, it is 1 kg⋅m/s2, the force that accelerates a mass of one kilogram at one metre per second squared. The unit is named after Isaac Newton in...
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  • Thumbnail for Alternative approaches to redefining the kilogram
    The scientific community examined several approaches to redefining the kilogram before deciding on a revision of the SI in November 2018. Each approach...
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    System of Units (SI). It is dimensionally equivalent to the momentum unit kilogram-metre per second (kg⋅m/s). One newton-second corresponds to a one-newton...
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    implemented in France in 1793. In 1795, the grave was renamed as the kilogram. The modern kilogram has its origins in the Age of Enlightenment and the French Revolution...
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    artefacts such as the standard kilogram. Effective 20 May 2019, the 144th anniversary of the Metre Convention, the kilogram, ampere, kelvin, and mole are...
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    One litre of liquid water has a mass of almost exactly one kilogram, because the kilogram was originally defined in 1795 as the mass of one cubic decimetre...
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  • KJ/kg (redirect from Kilojoule per kilogram)
    kJ/kg may refer to: kilojoules per kilogram The SI derived units of specific energy Specific Internal energy Specific kinetic energy Heat of fusion Heat...
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    time, the metre (sometimes spelled meter) for length or distance, the kilogram for mass, the ampere for electric current, the kelvin for thermodynamic...
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    Calorie (redirect from Kilogram calorie)
    caloric theory of heat. The large calorie, food calorie, dietary calorie, or kilogram calorie is defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature...
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    Enthalpy (redirect from Joules per kilogram)
    ⁠H/ m ⁠ , where m is the mass of the system. Its SI unit is joule per kilogram. It can be expressed in other specific quantities by h = u + p v , where...
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  • is the rate at which mass of a substance changes over time. Its unit is kilogram per second (kg/s) in SI units, and slug per second or pound per second...
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    international avoirdupois pound, which is legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and which is divided into 16 avoirdupois ounces. The international standard...
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  • of force is the newton (N), and mass has the SI unit kilogram (kg). One newton equals one kilogram metre per second squared. Therefore, the unit metre...
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    Mole (unit) (redirect from Kilogram mole)
    L}}}}={\frac {\text{mol}}{\text{L}}}} . Chemical engineers once used the kilogram-mole (notation kg-mol), which is defined as the number of entities in 12 kg...
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    elettrotecnica italiana [it] (AEI) that the MKS system (which used the metre, kilogram and second as its base units) should be extended with a fourth unit to...
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    of 132 kilograms of uncut heroin (98–100% pure) from remnants of Chiang Kai-shek defeated Kuomintang army (for a price of $4,200 per kilogram compared...
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    all units can be expressed in terms of seven base units: the metre (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and candela (cd)...
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  • may be added to gram to indicate multiplication by one thousand: one kilogram is equal to one thousand grams. The prefix milli-, likewise, may be added...
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  • yields the joule-second (J⋅s). In SI base units the joule-second becomes kilogram-meter squared-per second or kg⋅m2⋅s−1. Dimensional Analysis of the joule-second...
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    in the International System of Units (SI) equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. Originally defined as of 1795 as "the absolute weight of a volume of pure...
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    The tonne (/tʌn/ or /tɒn/; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. It is also referred to...
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