The results of studies designed to improve the State Primary Standard of the unit of mass are considered. In terms of precision of reproduction and stability, the Russian prototype of the kilogram corresponds to the best world analog. Modern electronic comparators of the mass from the world’s leading firms are introduced into the standard.
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 6, pp. 27–29, June, 2009.
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Kamenskikh, Y.I., Snegov, V.S. Contemporary status of the state primary standard of the unit of mass. Meas Tech 52, 602–605 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-009-9314-3
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