Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Recent proposals to redefine four of the base units of the International System (SI) have stimulated some debate as to how the SI might best be developed to meet changes in requirements. In this paper we consider whether the proposals are a timely and proportionate response to those changes in requirements that can be identified today. We conclude that, whilst the proposed changes to the definitions of the mole and kelvin appear to have some advantages, the case for changes in the definitions of the ampere and the kilogram is less well made at the present stage of development of the key experiments involved.
Source: Metrologia
Institution: National Physical Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1990888253