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Where is the headquarters for the organization that maintains SI standards?
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∙ 9y ago
The only standard unit that has a physical presence is the unit if mass. The Kilogram. It is kept in Paris.
The metre was originally a length of bar also kept in Paris, this, as a standard, has now been superseded though the bar still exists.
add Currently work is under way to manufacture almost perfectly spherical spheres (made of Silicon I think?) and the number of atoms of Si in these spheres will be known to a high degree of precision.
Many standards laboratories still have physical blobs of length and mass for convenience in transferring the Standards to Industry.
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∙ 13y ago
The headquarters of the organization that maintains SI standards, known as the International System of Units (SI), is located in Paris, France. It is overseen by the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) and administered by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM).
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