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P Becker et al 2007 Metrologia 44 1 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/44/1/001

Considerations on future redefinitions of the kilogram, the mole and of other units

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P Becker1, P De Bièvre2, K Fujii3, M Glaeser1,6, B Inglis4, H Luebbig1 and G Mana5

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