Monday changes the measuring system and the new kilogram goes into effect

The new definition of the kilogram, the kelvin, the ampere and the mole will be implemented tomorrow, as agreed in November last year.

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and measures that took place in France.

In this framework, the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) will be held the day after tomorrow, the day the redefinition of the International System of Units will take effect worldwide, a day on the science of the measure, which has not been changed since 1960..

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The meeting will focus "on this issue which will be essential in the future for the precise administration of drugs, the pharmaceutical industry, the measurement of climate change, the computer, the l '. electronic, among many other sectors operating with great precision, "the agency stressed on its website.

"All units will be defined according to constants of nature, instead of artifacts, material properties or theoretical experiments unachievable, as it was the case up to now," explained Héctor Laiz, head of metrology and quality at INTI.

What will happen on Monday "will have no impact on the balance used by the doctor to weigh a patient or in the butcher's shop when buying a barbecue, but this will have a significant impact on the scientific field" said the Institute.

He added: "The biggest change will likely be felt by manufacturers of scientific instruments, who will have to adapt their products to the new measures."

It will also be "essential for better climate change predictions, as more accurate measurements can be made to monitor small temperature variations".

It will be the same for the pharmaceutical industry "which, for example, can accurately define the micrograms of any drug or provide appropriate drug doses for each patient".

According to Mr. Laiz, this change "will also be a challenge for education because we will now have to teach high school students the new definitions of units of measurement". The INTI expert is the only South American representative on the International Weights and Measures Committee in charge of the revision.

The free day will be held at the Migueles INTI Technology Park, located in San Martin, between 9 and 13 years old.

Telam Agency.