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  2. List of metric units - Wikipedia

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    The tex (tex) is a unit of linear mass density equal to one gram per kilometre (1 g/km). [12] The number metric (Nm) is equal to 1000 metres per kilogram (1 km/kg).

  3. Metric system - Wikipedia

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    Since all gases have the same volume per mole at a given temperature and pressure far from their points of liquefaction and solidification (see Perfect gas), and air is about ⁠ 1 / 5 ⁠ oxygen (molecular mass 32) and ⁠ 4 / 5 ⁠ nitrogen (molecular mass 28), the density of any near-perfect gas relative to air can be obtained to a good ...

  4. Units of measurement in transportation - Wikipedia

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    kilometre (km) or kilometer is a metric unit used, outside the US, to measure the length of a journey; the international statute mile (mi) is used in the US; 1 mi = 1.609344 km; nautical mile is rarely used to derive units of transportation quantity.

  5. Metric prefix - Wikipedia

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    There are gram calories and kilogram calories. One kilogram calorie, which equals one thousand gram calories, often appears capitalised and without a prefix (i.e. Cal) when referring to "dietary calories" in food. [17] It is common to apply metric prefixes to the gram calorie, but not to the kilogram calorie: thus, 1 kcal = 1000 cal = 1 Cal.

  6. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The kelvin is defined by setting the fixed numerical value of the Boltzmann constant k to 1.380 649 × 10 −23 J⋅K −1, (J = kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −2), given the definition of the kilogram, the metre, and the second. mole: mol amount of substance: The amount of substance of 6.022 140 76 × 10 23 elementary entities.

  7. Orders of magnitude (mass) - Wikipedia

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    Mass of one mole (6.02214 × 10 23 atoms) of carbon-12 (12 grams) 1.37 × 10 −2 kg Amount of ethanol defined as one standard drink in the U.S. (13.7 grams) [66] 2–4 × 10 −2 kg Adult mouse (Mus musculus, 20–40 grams) [67] 2.8 × 10 −2 kg Ounce (avoirdupois) (28.3495 grams) [59] 4.7 × 10 −2 kg Mass equivalent of the energy that is 1 ...

  8. Kilogram - Wikipedia

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    1793: The grave (the precursor of the kilogram) was defined as the mass of 1 litre (dm 3) of water, which was determined to be 18841 grains. [11] 1795: the gram (1 / 1000 of a kilogram) was provisionally defined as the mass of one cubic centimetre of water at the melting point of ice. [12] 1799: The Kilogramme des Archives was manufactured as a ...

  9. Mass versus weight - Wikipedia

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    In scientific contexts, mass is the amount of "matter" in an object (though "matter" may be difficult to define), but weight is the force exerted on an object's matter by gravity. [1] At the Earth 's surface, an object whose mass is exactly one kilogram weighs approximately 9.81 newtons , the product of its mass and the gravitational field ...