History of the metric system levels of the krypton 86 atom as the new standard for the metre. The standard metre artefact was retired. In 1960, Giorgi's proposals were adopted as the basis of the "Système International d'Unités" (International System of Units), the SI. This initial definition of the SI included six base units, the metre, kilogram, second, ampere, degree Kelvin and candela, and sixteen coherent derived units. The evolution of the SI after its publication in 1960 has seen the addition of a seventh base unit, the "mole", and six more derived units, the "pascal" for pressure, the "gray", "sievert" and "becquerel" for radiation,
2019 redefinition of SI base units values associated with the following constants of nature: The seven definitions above are rewritten below with the derived units (joule, coulomb, hertz, lumen and watt) expressed in terms of the seven base units (second, metre, kilogram, ampere, kelvin, mole and candela), according to the updated 9th edition of the SI Brochure (2018). In the list that follows, the symbol sr stands for the dimensionless unit steradian. As part of the redefinition, the international prototype kilogram was retired and definitions of the kilogram, the ampere, and the kelvin were replaced. The definition of the mole was revised. These changes have the