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They counted the atoms?
Didn't they just took the mol mass and calculated it? (Not sure if mol mass is the right term... School chemistry is a long time ago...)
And I don't see how we even should be able to count them.
Would be really interested, if it happened that way, how they did it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_approaches_to_redefining_the_kilogram#Avogadro_project
Beat me to it.
https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kilogram-silicon-spheres-and-international-avogadro-project
Ironic how the US wants to define the kilogram while the majority refuses to use it.
Thank you very much!
https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kilogram-silicon-spheres-and-international-avogadro-project
Thanks for the additional information!