Caesium-133 is the standard element used as a timekeeper in traditional atomic clocks due to the stable and precisely known frequency of its atomic transition.
Which one of the following elements is used as a timekeeper in atomic clocks?
Asked in UPSC CDS 1 2018 · Topic: Measuring Instruments and Scales (Stopwatch and principles of time measurement)
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