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. 2001 Feb 1;106(1):25–46. doi: 10.6028/jres.106.003

Table 1.

Year of calibration and masses reported by BIPM for the U.S. prototypes

Year K20 K4
1889 1 kg – 0.039 mg 1 kg – 0.075 mg
1937 1 kg – 0.021 mg
1948 1 kg – 0.019 mg
1984 1 kg – 0.022 mg 1 kg – 0.106 mg
1992 1 kg – 0.021 mg
1999 1 kg – 0.039 mg 1 kg – 0.116 mg