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Scientists aiming to redefine the kilogram
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| 27 Mar 2015 17:59 GMT+01:00
| Matty Edwards
Posted on 03/28/2015 1:24:25 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Reporters dont typically get that the kilogram unit of measure is one of mass and not of weight (which is a force measurement); a kilogram is still a kilogram in a weightless environment. The newton is the force measurement, and a kilo is 9.8 newtons on the surface of the earth.
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posted on
03/28/2015 1:24:26 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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Reporters dont typically get that the kilogram unit of measure is one of mass and not of weight ... They also manage to conflate speed (a scalar) and velocity (a vector), energy and power, and on and on....
I wish the scientists all the best luck in their quest for the unchanging kilo. An esoteric problem if ever there was one.
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posted on
03/28/2015 1:33:06 AM PDT
by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Olog-hai
They tried a kilo of coke....but it lost weight even faster....
*rimshot*
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posted on
03/28/2015 1:35:23 AM PDT
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: Olog-hai
Using the metric system, one hundred kilograms should equal the largest unit of measurement we have, the Rosie O’Donnell. Just use that as the standard.
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posted on
03/28/2015 1:38:16 AM PDT
by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Olog-hai
"Developing the perfectly round and flat sphere"?
I can see how that will be a difficult task!
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:24:54 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I wonder if they have Mr. Mxyzptlk’s phone number.
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:30:22 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Telepathic Intruder
The US should propose to use the Cankle in leiu of the gram.
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:31:25 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Olog-hai
I wonder if the writer had a clue, about anything.
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:34:32 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Crim
Reminds me of:
“I used to have a DeLorean, but the damned thing wouldn’t stay in the lane. It kept driving down the middle of the road trying to snort the white line”
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:35:24 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: dayglored
“A pint’s a pound, the world around.” There, problem solved.
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:38:43 AM PDT
by
steve8714
(Traditional Catholics want Latin Mass. Traditional Muslims want your head.)
To: Olog-hai
Equator or one of the poles? Mountain or sea level?
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posted on
03/28/2015 2:49:04 AM PDT
by
monocle
To: dayglored
I hope that the NEW kilogram will drop the sexism, racism, and bigotry of the current kilogram which is a product of dead white European males. It is way beyond time to fundamentally transform the kilogram.
To: Olog-hai
It’s been many years since school but I thought a gram was the weight of 1 cc of H2O at 72°F.
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posted on
03/28/2015 3:23:31 AM PDT
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
I’ve always called a roundd flat sphere a disk.
To: DocRock
Yup. And 0ne liter of water is one kilogram at Standard Temperature and Pressure.
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03/28/2015 3:33:06 AM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: dayglored
Thus and such many atoms of thus and such an isotope — one of the easiest things in principle if not in practice. There has to be more to the story than this.
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posted on
03/28/2015 3:33:53 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: SunkenCiv
International Prototype Kilogram
Of possible interest to your list, ping.
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posted on
03/28/2015 3:34:18 AM PDT
by
NYer
(Without justice - what else is the State but a great band of robbers? - St. Augustine)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
Flat? The word was “smooth.” A ball.
That is one way of counting atoms; another way would be to create a cylinder. What makes a disc disc-y? A certain proportion between its dimensions?
For silicon, a particular isotope would be needed in order to pin down the precision satisfactorily.
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posted on
03/28/2015 4:01:49 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: Olog-hai
I’ve often wondered that if the space inside atoms was expanding, how would we ever know, since everything would be expanding at the same rate.
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posted on
03/28/2015 4:10:59 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: HiTech RedNeck
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