NDLI: No prospect for change

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Price, Gary
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	A recent discussion by Martin Milton in the November issue of this journal was critical of many published objections to the proposed new International System (SI) measurement units (and in particular the definition of the mole) on the grounds that many objectors had proposed new terms in attempts to clarify thinking and that it is impractical to achieve consensus on such proposals. This discussion in response argues that those criticisms miss the point of the objectors’ arguments and are perhaps more appropriately directed at both the current and the new SI itself. A primary example of a neologism in the SI is the term “amount of substance.” The many substantive problems with the new SI remain unaddressed by its proponents. Many important consequences of exactly fixing multiple inter-dependent fundamental physical constants as the basis of the world’s measurements would appear not to have been considered by the global institutions responsible for the world’s measurement units.
Starting Page	215
Ending Page	219
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09491775
Journal	Accreditation and Quality Assurance
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14320517
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2011-12-31
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	New SI Measurement units Mole Policy Ecotoxicology Biochemistry Food Science Analytical Chemistry Marketing Commercial Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Chemistry Instrumentation Chemical Engineering Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
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