Reply to post: Gold no better choice

Holy moley! The amp, kelvin and kilogram will never be the same again

A.P. Veening Silver badge

Gold no better choice

The weight loss (small but measurable) is a result from the cleaning, necessary because stuff from the air will cling to it. As gold is much softer than the used alloy of platinum and iridium, more weight would have been lost.

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