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@cwlh

“… that the kilogram is more than just a measurement of weight”. It is certainly more than a measurement of weight. It is a measurement of mass. It has never been a measurement of weight. Ever! There is a factor of about 9.8 between mass and weight. I may have a mass of 100 kg, but my weight is about 980 Newtons. Where did the idea come from that the kg is a measure of weight?

I hate to be pedantic, but hey, you started it. A kilogram absolutely can be used as a unit of force or weight when denoted as kgf in calculations, and is not uncommon in certain types of calculations. As one would expect a kilogram unit of force is approximately the amount of force that a one-kilogram-mass object exerts on the ground in a standard gravitational field of 9.80665 m/s^2. It’s equal to 9.80665 Newtons.

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