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Everything about Kilogram
Metric unit of mass
The kilogram is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to one thousand grams. It has the unit symbol kg. The word "kilogram" is formed from the combination of the metric prefix kilo- and gram; it is commonly shortened to "kilo". Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: KilogramA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Understanding the ZIF-L to ZIF-8 transformation from fundamentals to fully costed kilogram-scale productionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: If you were a pound or a kilogramThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Kilogram-Scale Synthesis and Functionalization of Carbon Dots for Superior Electrochemical Potassium StorageCited 339 times
- Go sideways: 2019 revision of the SIA closely related topic
- Go sideways: International System of UnitsA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 when expressed in units of kg⋅m⋅s. Symbol: kg
Noun The unit of weight such that a one-kilogram mass is also a one-kilogram weight.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Kilogram-Scale Synthesis and Functionalization of Carbon Dots for Superior Electrochemical Potassium Storage
The 1.7 Kilogram Microchip: Energy and Material Use in the Production of Semiconductor Devices
Redefinition of the kilogram, ampere, kelvin and mole: a proposed approach to implementing CIPM recommendation 1 (CI-2005)
Kilogram-scale prexasertib monolactate monohydrate synthesis under continuous-flow CGMP conditions
Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Daptomycin at Doses up to 12 Milligrams per Kilogram of Body Weight Once Daily in Healthy Volunteers
Photochemical Perfluoroalkylation with Pyridine N -Oxides: Mechanistic Insights and Performance on a Kilogram Scale
Kilogram-Scale Production of Corannulene
Kilogram-scale synthesis of carbon quantum dots for hydrogen evolution, sensing and bioimaging
🆕 Influential since 2022
Understanding the ZIF-L to ZIF-8 transformation from fundamentals to fully costed kilogram-scale production
Kilogram-Scale Fabrication of a Robust Olefin-Linked Covalent Organic Framework for Separating Ethylene from a Ternary C 2 Hydrocarbon Mixture
Phenylenediamine-derived near infrared carbon dots: The kilogram-scale preparation, formation process, photoluminescence tuning mechanism and application as red phosphors
Efficient implementation of kilogram-scale, high-capacity and long-life Si-C/TiO2 anodes
High-throughput production of kilogram-scale nanofibers by Kármán vortex solution blow spinning
📚 Books worth reading
If you were a pound or a kilogramMarcie Aboff · 2009- 📕Gold und Silber und das Kilogramm als GewichtseinheitGeorg Millauer · 1870
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