Here is a link to an MSNBC article on the perfect kilogram:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5189837/
Interesting article (especially toward the end). It seems that we may be closer to defining the kilogram in terms of an atomic standard* sooner than I had thought possible.
Has anyone seen anything else on this subject?
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
* ... defining the kilogram as the mass of a certain specified number of atoms of some specific element (or more likely, a specific isotope of a specific element), perhaps carbon or silicon.
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Go Metric, America !
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