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kilogramSI unit of mass equal to 1,000 grams (2.24 lb). It is defined as a mass equal to that of the international prototype, a platinum-iridium cylinder held at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Sèvres, France. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The sleek Honda FCX can reportedly travel 350 miles on five kilograms of hydrogen. Florian Banhart of the University of Mainz in Germany notes that a nuclear-fission bomb or reactor requires a critical mass of kilograms of fissionable material--way too much to enclose in a nanotube. The company says in an April 7 release that the result equates to 127 diamonds per 100 kilograms and is much higher than the average of 19. |
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