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CPEM 2006 round table discussion 'Proposed changes to the SI'

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Michael Stock and Thomas J Witt

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This report summarizes a round table session held last July at the CPEM 2006 to discuss recently proposed redefinitions of some base units of the International System of Units (SI) based on defined values of some fundamental constants. The aim of the session was to inform CPEM delegates of the various proposals and to promote a wide discussion of the issues arising from them. An interdisciplinary panel of six experts from national metrology institutes, the academic community and the industrial metrology community briefly presented their views and their concerns. The presentations were followed by a session in which the panel answered questions and heard comments from the audience.


PACS

06.20.F- Units and standards

01.10.Fv Conferences, lectures, and institutes

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Education and communication

Dates

Issue 6 (December 2006)

Received 28 September 2006

Published 30 November 2006



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