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Beam Balance and Electronic Balance

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A _______ is used in a laboratory to measure the mass of an object precisely.

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A Beam balance in which the mass of the given object is measured by comparing it with a mass of standard weights.
Modern electronic balances can measure the mass with a precision of $1 m g$ .

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