DescriptionInternational prototype of the kilogram aka Le Grand K.jpg
English: The International Prototype Kilogram, aka Le Grand K or the Big K or IPK stored in a vault in Paris was replaced by Planck's constant in 2019. The IPK was losing mass so the metrology community redefined the kilogram with the Planck constant.
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