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kgv3rev 12026-03-17INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (BIPM); The International System of Units (SI) - 9th editon 2019

kilogram

0112/2///62720#UAA594

SI unit of mass defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant, h, to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in the unit J s, which is equal to kg m2 s-1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ∆νCs

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Version
3
Revision
1
Preferred name
kilogram
Short name
kg
Definition
SI unit of mass defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant, h, to be 6.626 070 15 × 10-34 when expressed in the unit J s, which is equal to kg m2 s-1, where the metre and the second are defined in terms of c and ∆νCs
Definition source
INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (BIPM); The International System of Units (SI) - 9th editon 2019
Note
Base unit of the International System of Units (SI)
Unit structure
kg¹
Unit in text
kilogram
Unit in SGML/XML
Structured markup (math)(122 chars)
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"> <!-- UAA594 --> <mi mathvariant="normal">kg</mi> </math>
UN/ECE code
KGM
Unit conversion
Structured markup (UnitsML)(505 chars)
<UnitsML xmlns="https://schema.unitsml.org/unitsml/1.0"><Unit xml:id="0112/2///62720#UAA594"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="UAA594_from_UAA594" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA594" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit><Unit xml:id="https://si-digital-framework.org/SI/units/kilogram"><Conversions><Float64ConversionFrom xml:id="SI::kilogram_from_UAA594" initialUnit="0112/2///62720#UAA594" multiplicand="1" divisor="1" exact="true" /></Conversions></Unit></UnitsML>
Responsible committee
IEC/SC 3D
Publisher
IEC
Published in
IEC 62720
Status level
Standard
Version release date
2026-03-17
Revision release date
2026-03-17
Version initiation date
2026-03-17
Change request ID
C00192