Watt Balance (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Watt Balance

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The NIST-4 watt balance is shown. The instrument recently took its first full measurements of Planck's constant, an important step toward redefining the kilogram.

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Jennifer Lauren Lee/NIST PML

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