Convert grams (g) to kilograms (kg)

 

One kilogram is equal to 1000 grams. 

 

Initially, everyone needs to remember that one kilogram is described as one thousand grams. If your task is to calculate something from kilograms to grams, it is necessary to do multiplication by 1000. If there is a reverse task to convert from grams to kilograms, you need to divide by a thousand.  So that's the quick and simple way to get the resolution. Let's assume you 10.4 kilograms. Now we transform the value into grams:  10.4 kg has fraction part 0.4 and the integer part 10.  What do we need to do? We need to take the conversion ratio, equal to 1000, and to multiply the required value by the ratio. Finally, we are going to write the result. It is 10400 grams.

 

The birth of the kilogram was largely facilitated by the famous chemist Lavoisier, who was conducting experiments on the composition of water in his laboratory at the very time when Delambre and Méchain were measuring the Paris meridian. The results of his work, unfortunately, did not have time to bring him fame since Lavoisier was accused of participating in a "conspiracy with the enemies of France against the French people, with the goal of stealing from the nation huge sums necessary for the war with despots" and was sentenced to death. But the kilogram had meanwhile come into being and, just like the meter, was tied to the decimal system: one kilogram is 1000 grams, one gram is 1000 milligrams, etc.

 

It's almost absurd to think that the international standard, for various reasons, has lost part of its mass (3/100000000) over a hundred years. By definition, the international standard's mass is equal to one kilogram. Therefore, any decrease in its mass leads to a change in the value of the kilogram. This seems nonsensical, yet it's a real challenge in the world of measurement standards.

 

For a long time, such a unique position of the kilogram suited everyone since there were no sufficient incentives to create its scrupulous formula. But the changeable kilogram drags the watt and other related units of measurement into a drifting voyage. Various options for redefining the kilogram based on the values ​​of fundamental physical constants are being considered to eliminate these inaccuracies.