The kilogram was a metal cylinder in a Paris vault until 2019
For 130 years, the world's kilogram was one metal cylinder kept near Paris. Here is why scientists retired it in 2019 and tied mass to the Planck constant.
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For 130 years, the world's kilogram was one metal cylinder kept near Paris. Here is why scientists retired it in 2019 and tied mass to the Planck constant.