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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MKS units (redirect from Metre-kilogram-second system of units)
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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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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Kibble balance (redirect from Electronic kilogram)
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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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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Newton-second (redirect from Kilogram metre per second)
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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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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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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Grave (unit) (redirect from Kilogram des Archives)
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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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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2019 revision of the SI (section Kilogram)
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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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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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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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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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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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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Mass flow rate (redirect from Kilogram per second)
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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Giovanni Giorgi (redirect from Metre–kilogram–second–ohm system of units)
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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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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of 132 kilograms of uncut heroin (98–100% pure) from remnants of Chiang Kai-shek's 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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Metre per second squared (redirect from Newton per kilogram)
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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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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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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Joule-second (redirect from Kilogram square metre per second)
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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for example, the square metre (m2), the SI derived unit of area; and the kilogram per cubic metre (kg/m3 or kg⋅m−3), the SI derived unit of density. The...
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