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In physics, the mass it is a measure of the amount of matter that has a body . It is an extrinsic property of bodies that determines the measure of the inertial mass and gravitational mass. The unit used to measure the mass in the International System of Units is the kilogram (kg). It is a scalar .
In the metric system, the units used to measure the mass are usually g , kilograms or mg . Although the fundamental unit of mass is the kilogram, the decimal multiples system was established from Gram:
1 kg = 1,000 grams
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How to convert Mass units
Convert kilograms to pounds, grams to ounces and other weight units for recipes, shipping and everyday calculations.
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