The international prototype kilogram, the primary standard (see weights and measures) for weight, is made of an alloy comprising 90% platinum and 10% iridium.

国际标准质量千克的原型就是由90%铂和10%铱的合金制成的。

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Support prototype and production assembly events at domestic or international locations.

为国内外的样车装配或批量生产提供技术支持。

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To test the idea, he and an international consortium of his colleagues have built a ground-based prototype.

为了检测这一想法，他和他各国的同事建立了一个陆基的雏形。

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' The currently accepted answer is the mass of a cylinder of platinum and iridium called the International Prototype Kilogram.

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Because of this, the actual International Prototype Kilogram (yes, there does only seem to be one in existence) is stored in a vault in Sevres, France, limiting the lay person's ability to determine the actual weight of a kilogram.

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The problem with that definition, of course, is that not just anybody can measure it -- since most of us don't have an International Prototype Kilogram laying around, especially since every time the thing is picked up a few atoms rub off of it making it a little bit lighter.

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