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SI Base Units: Quantity Name of Unit Symbol

The document defines the International System of Units (SI) base units for common physical quantities like length, mass, and time. It also defines some derived SI units that are combinations of base units, like velocity which is meters per second. Finally, it provides the expressions of various other derived units in terms of the base SI units for quantities such as force, pressure, energy, power, charge, and others.

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SI Base Units: Quantity Name of Unit Symbol

The document defines the International System of Units (SI) base units for common physical quantities like length, mass, and time. It also defines some derived SI units that are combinations of base units, like velocity which is meters per second. Finally, it provides the expressions of various other derived units in terms of the base SI units for quantities such as force, pressure, energy, power, charge, and others.

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SI Base Units

Quantity Name of Unit Symbol


length meter m
mass kilogram kg
time second s
electrical current ampere A
thermodynamic temperature kelvin K
amount of substance mole mol
luminous intensity candela cd

SI Derived Units
Quantity Name of Unit Symbol
angle radian rad
solid angle steradian sr
frequency hertz Hz
force Newton N
pressure pascal Pa
work, energy, heat joule J
power or radiant flux watt W
electrical charge coulomb C
electrical potential volt V
electrical capacitance farad F
electrical resistance ohm Ω
electrical conductance siemens S
magnetic flux weber Wb
magnetic flux density tesla T
electrical inductance Henry H
temperature degree Celcius °C
luminous flux lumen lm
illuminance lux lx
radioactivity bequerel Bq
adsorbed radiation gray Gy
equivalent dose sievert Sv
catalytic activity katal kat

SI Derived Units described in Terms of acceptable SI Units


Quantity Description Symbol
acceleration meter per second squared m/s2
area square meter m2
coefficient of heat transfer (often
watt per square meter Kelvin W/(m2 K)
used symbol h or U)
concentration (of amount of
mole per cubic meter mol/m3
substance)
current density (often used symbol
ampere per square meter A/m2
r)
density (mass density) kilogram per cubic meter kg/m3
electrical charge density coulomb per cubic meter C/m3
electric field strength volt per meter V/m
electric flux density coulomb per square meter C/m2
energy density joule per cubic meter J/m3
force Newton N or J/M
heat capacity joule per Kelvin J/K
heat flow rate (often used symbol
watt W or J/s
Q or q)
heat flux density or irradiance watt per square meter W/m2
luminance candela per square meter cd/m2
magnetic field strength ampere per meter A/m
modulus of elasticity (or Young's
giga Pascal GPa
modulus)
molar energy joule per mole J/mol
molar entropy (or molar heat
joule per mole Kelvin J/(mol K)
capacity)
moment of force (or torque) Newton meter Nm
moment of inertia kilogram meter squared kg m2
momentum kilogram meter per second kg m/s
permeability Henry per meter H/m
permitivity farad per meter F/m
power kilowatt kW
pressure (often used symbol P or
kilopascal kPa
p)
specific energy joule per kilogram J/kg
specific heat capacity (or specific
entropy, often used symbol c,p,cv or joule per kilogram Kelvin J/(kg K)
s)
specific volume cubic meter per kilogram m3/kg
stress mega Pascal MPa
surface tension Newton per meter N/m
thermal conductivity (often used
watt per meter Kelvin W/(m K)
symbol k)
torque Newton meter Nm
velocity (or speed) meters per second m/s
viscosity, absolute or dynamic
Pascal second Pa s
(often used symbol m)
viscosity, kinematic (often used
square meter per second m2/s
symbol n)
volume cubic meter m3
wave number 1 per meter 1/m
work (or energy heat, often used
joule J or N m
symbol W)

SI Prefixes
Factor Name Prefix
1024 yotta Y
10 21
zetta Z
10 18
exa E
1015 peta P
10 12
tera T
10 9
giga G
106 mega M
103 kilo k
10 2
hecto h
101 deka da
10-1 deci d
10 -2
centi c
10 -3
milli m
10-6 micro μ
10 -9
nano n
10 -12
pico p
10-15 femto f
10 -18
atto a
10 -21
zepto z
10-24 yocto y
Expression in Terms of SI Base Units Expression in Terms of Other Units
m/m
m2/m2
s-1
kg m s-2
kg/(m s2) = (N/m2) N/m2
m2 kg s-2 Nm
kg m2 s-3 J/s
As
m2 kg s-3 A-1 W/A
m-2 kg-1 s4 A2 C/V
m2 kg s-3 A-2 V/A
m-2 kg-1s3A2 A/V
m2 kg s-2 A-1 Vs
kg s-2 A-1 Wb/m2
m2 kg s-2 A-2 Wb/A
K
cd cd sr
m-2cd sr lm/m2
s-1
m2 s-2 J/kg
m2 s-2 J/kg
s-1 mol

Expression in Terms of SI Base Units


m s-2
m2

kg s-3K-1
mol m-3

A m-2

kg m-3
m-3 s A
m kg s-3 A-1
m-2 s A
m-1 kg s-2
m kg s-2
m2 kg s-2 K-1

m2 kg s-3

kg s-3
cd m-2
A m-1

10-9 m-1 kg s-2

m-2 kg s-2 mol-1

m-2 kg s-2 K-1 mol-1

m2 kg s-2
kg m2
kg m s-1
m kg s-2 A-2
m-3 kg-1 s4 A2
10-3 m2 kg s-3

10-3 m-1 kg s-2

m2 s-2

m2 s-2 K-1

m3 kg-1
10-6 m-1 kg s-2
kg s-2

m kg s-3 K-1

m2 kg s-2
m s-1

m-1 kg s-1

m2 s-1

m3
m-1
m2 kg s-2

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