For Scientists, Kilogram Loses Mass Appeal.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: November 18, 2002 | Copyright information

By Alexandra Witze, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 18--On the outskirts of Paris, in a locked vault to which only three people have the key, lies a treasure worth more than its weight in gold.

It's even worth more than its weight in platinum and iridium, which is what it's made of.

The squat metal cylinder weighs exactly 1 kilogram, as it should. It is the world's definition of mass, the standard kilogram again...

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