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982:. Spellings "Ångström" (capitalized) and "angstrom" (lowercase); symbols "Å", "Å.U.", "A.U." Quote: "The International Ångström (I.Å.) was defined in 1907 in terms of the wavelength of cadmium which in standard conditions is 6438·4696 I.Å. When the metre was defined in terms of the wavelength of krypton in 1960 the Ångström became exactly equal to 10 cm."
1268:, volume 11, pages 1–85. Quote from p. 85, back-translated: "... the final conclusion of this work is that the fundamental unit of the metric system is represented by the following numbers of wavelengths of three emissions of cadmium, in air at 15 °C and at a pressure of 760 mm: Red emission … 1 m =
1366:
Curtis, I.; Morgan, I.; Hart, M.; Milne, A.D. (August 1971). "A New
Determination of Avogadro's Number". In Langenberg, D. N.; Taylor, B.N. (eds.). Proceedings of the International Congress on Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants (Report). Vol. 343. National Bureau of Standards.
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After the redefinition of the meter in spectroscopic terms, the
Angstrom was formally redefined to be 0.1 nanometers. However, there was briefly thought to be a need for a separate unit of comparable size defined directly in terms of spectroscopy. In 1965, J.A. Bearden defined the
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in Paris in a carefully controlled environment. Reliance on that material standard had led to an early error of about one part in 6000 in the tabulated wavelengths. Ångström took the precaution of having the standard bar he used checked against a standard in Paris, but the
676:(NIST). However, it is not mentioned in the 9th edition of the official SI standard, the "BIPM Brochure" (2019) or in the NIST version of the same, and BIPM officially discourages its use. The angstrom is also not included in the
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600:(CGPM) in 1927, but the material definition of the metre was retained until 1960. From 1927 to 1960, the angstrom remained a secondary unit of length for use in spectroscopy, defined separately from the metre.
1379:"Council Directive 80/181/EEC of 20 December 1979 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to Unit of measurement and on the repeal of Directive 71/354/EEC"
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1323:(1907): "Nouvelle Détermination du mètre en longueurs d'ondes lumineuses" (= "A new determination of the metre in terms of the wavelength of light").
589:) defined the international angstrom as precisely 1/6438.4696 of the wavelength of that line (in dry air at 15 °C (hydrogen scale) and 760
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1264:" (= "Experimental determination of the value of the meter in terms of the lengths of light waves"); translated to French by Jean-René Benoît.
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J. A. Bearden (1965): "Selection of the W Kα₁ as the X-Ray
Wavelength Standard".
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1217:A Brief (Incomplete) History of Light and Spectra
716:for the angstrom symbol, which is accessible in
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1200:] (in French). Uppsala, Sweden: W. Schultz.
459:metre. Yet the angstrom was never part of the
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674:National Institute of Standards and Technology
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495:created a chart of the spectrum of
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1046:Compendium of Chemical Terminology
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364:The angstrom is often used in the
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1193:Recherches sur le spectre solaire
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1137:Le système international d'unités
764:), which should be used instead.
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1100:, volume 34, issue 1, page 98
1094:"The Crystal Structure of Ice"
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1007:(8th ed.), p. 127,
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523:Early connection to the metre
1464:Archived on 22 October 2012
1116:Arturas Vailionis (2015): "
815:(for objects on this scale)
699:For compatibility reasons,
483:Portrait of Anders Ångström
384:structures, and lengths of
272:, a hundred-millionth of a
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1234:Brand, John C. D. (1995).
1171:Physical Review 2nd series
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783:" may also refer to the
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501:electromagnetic spectrum
424:is about 0.5 angstroms.
1190:Ångström, A.J. (1868).
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555:Cadmium line definition
406:atomic (covalent) radii
1477:Archived on 2016-02-21
1342:Archived on 2018-11-18
1122:Archived on 2015-03-19
980:Archived on 2021-11-22
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925:John C. Wells (2008):
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