\-▐ gram\ n [F kilogramme, fr. kilo + gramme gram] (1797) (kg) One of the basic units of SI, the mass of a particular platinum cylinder kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris. One avoirdupois pound = 0.4535924 kg. (CRC handbook of chemistry and physics. Lide DR (ed). CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2004 Version).
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Gooch, J.W. (2011). Kilogram. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_6665
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