TY - BOOK ID - 145927402 TI - Redefining the kilogram and other SI units AU - Schlamminger, Stephan AU - Institute of Physics (Great Britain) PY - 2018 SN - 0750315393 PB - Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Kilogram. KW - Metric system. KW - Units of measurement. KW - Scientific standards. KW - TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Measurement. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145927402 AB - Units are at the heart of science and technology. Most measurements require units to express their result. The International System of Units (SI) provides a widely used coherent framework of units. While the present SI is fit for purpose for all measurements, it has several shortcomings. Most notably, the kilogram is defined via an artifact that limits its realization to a specific place and certain times. To solve this problem and to take advantage of advances in quantum metrology made in the last 50 years, a revision of the SI is planned. This revision will modify the foundation of the SI from base units to fundamental constants of nature. While the revision presents a huge shift in philosophy, the size of the units will not change, and hence the revision will go mostly unnoticed. ER -