[time-nuts] Updating the unit of,time: the second.

[Dr. David Kirkby]

On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 11:20, Dave B via time-nuts <time-nuts at lists.febo.com>
wrote:

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> https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kilogram-just-got-revamp-unit-time-might-be-next
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> So, perhaps a host of surplus cesium clocks on the market at some point?
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> 73
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> Dave B G0WBX.


I notice a lot of 1 kg weights on eBay, so perhaps the same will happen
with Cs clocks!

I wonder what fraction of users of cesium clocks are using them because a
second is defined the way it currently is? I can’t imagine there will be
lots put on the used market, but it would be nice if there were.

Dave

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