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Escape Pod: #4 Mass: from lightest creates on earth, to the heaviest things in the cosmos

The world, the universe and us

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Defining the Kilogram and the Use of Universal Constants

This chapter delves into the flaws of the previous kilogram measurement system and explores the development of a new method. It highlights how the kilogram is now linked to a universal constant and discusses the use of the Planck constant in its definition.

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