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The mass of the kilogram is remaining the same. These changes don't affect the "size" of any of the units.

> "[...] the size of these units will not change (a kilogram will still be a kilogram) [...]"




> These changes don't affect the "size" of any of the units.

The size of electrical units is changing slightly. According to this BIPM document [1]: "The transition from the 1990 convention to the revised SI will result in small changes to all disseminated electrical units. For the vast majority of measurement users, no action need be taken as the volt will change by about 0.1 parts per million and the ohm will change by even less. Practitioners working at the highest level of accuracy may need to adjust the values of their standards and review their measurement uncertainty budgets".

[1] https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/SI-statement.pdf




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