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It is still not apparent to me. Is a kilogram of something now it's joules x seconds or something? Does the kilogram now vary depending on what the kilogram is of? Like, is a kilogram of Iron a different mass from a kilogram of Aluminum?

>The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit of mass. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.62607015×10−34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m2⋅s−1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ΔνCs.

So mass is now some sort of length times a given elapsed time?

parent 24gttghh 8 years ago

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