Part 2: The International System of Units
Part 3: The Kilogram Problem
Veritasium (with NIST) : How We're Redefining the Kilogram
Veritasium (with CSIRO) : World's Roundest Object
NIST : Measuring Planck's Constant
How to Build Your NIST D.I.Y. Watt Balance
Measurement Science Professionals
Redefining the (SI) is creating Great
Join the conversation by understanding the changes to come...
In the "New SI" four of the SI base units – namely the kilogram, the ampere, the kelvin and the mole – will be redefined in terms of constants; the new definitions will be based on fixed numerical values of the Planck constant (h), the elementary charge (e), the Boltzmann constant (kB), and the Avogadro constant (NA), respectively. Further, the definitions of all seven base units of the SI will also be uniformly expressed using the explicit-constant formulation, and specific mises en pratique will be drawn up to explain the realization of the definitions of each of the base units in a practical way.
Key to SI Definition Constants:
Δν = the unperturbed ground state hyperfine transition frequency of the caesium-133 atom ΔνCs is 9,192,631,770 hertz
c = the speed of light in vacuum c is exactly 299,792,458 metres per second
h = the Planck constant h is exactly 6.626 070 15 x 10–34 joule seconds
e = the elementary charge e is exactly 1.602 176 634 x 10–19 coulombs
kB = the Boltzmann constant kB is exactly 1.380 649 x 10–23 joules per kelvin
NA = the Avogadro constant NA is exactly 6.022 140 76 x 1023 reciprocal moles
Kcd = the luminous efficacy Kcd of monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 x 1012 Hz is exactly 683 lumens per watt
The New SI in the Media
What the Media is talking about...
"Quantum physics to the rescue after the kilogram develops a weight problem"
Read more at: TheDailyMail.com
Bureau international des poids et mesures (BIPM), France
European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET), Europe
Laboratoire National de Metrologie et D'Essais (LNE), France
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), United States
SI Redefinition Portal
National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom
CODATA paper outlines changes to four fundamental constants of nature
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany