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SI base units

Table 1. SI base units

SI base unit

Base quantity Name Symbol


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

Definitions of the SI base units

Unit of length meter The meter is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum
during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.

Unit of mass kilogram The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the
international prototype of the kilogram.

Unit of time second The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the
radiation corresponding to the transition between the two
hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom.

Unit of ampere The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two
electric current straight parallel conductors of infinite length, of negligible
circular cross-section, and placed 1 meter apart in vacuum,
would produce between these conductors a force equal to 2 x 10-
7
newton per meter of length.

Unit of kelvin The kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature, is the fraction


thermodynamic 1/273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of
temperature water.

Unit of mole 1. The mole is the amount of substance of a system which


amount of contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012
substance kilogram of carbon 12; its symbol is "mol."

2. When the mole is used, the elementary entities must be


specified and may be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, other
particles, or specified groups of such particles.

Unit of candela The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a


luminous source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 x
intensity 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of
1/683 watt per steradian.
SI derived units

Other quantities, called derived quantities, are defined in terms of the seven base quantities via a
system of quantity equations. The SI derived units for these derived quantities are obtained from
these equations and the seven SI base units. Examples of such SI derived units are given in Table 2,
where it should be noted that the symbol 1 for quantities of dimension 1 such as mass fraction is
generally omitted.

Table 2. Examples of SI derived units

SI derived unit

Derived quantity Name Symbol


2
area square meter m
volume cubic meter m3
speed, velocity meter per second m/s
acceleration meter per second squared m/s2
wave number reciprocal meter m-1
mass density kilogram per cubic meter kg/m3
specific volume cubic meter per kilogram m3/kg
current density ampere per square meter A/m2
magnetic field strength ampere per meter A/m
amount-of-substance concentration mole per cubic meter mol/m3
luminance candela per square meter cd/m2
kilogram per kilogram, which may be
mass fraction kg/kg = 1
represented by the number 1

[edit] Derived units with special names

In addition to the two dimensionless derived units radian (rad) and steradian (sr), 20 other
derived units have special names.
[edit] Examples of derived quantities and units

Expression in terms
Quantity
of SI base units

area m2

cubic metre m3 volume m3

metre per second m/s speed, velocity m⋅s−1

cubic metre per


m3/s volumetric flow m3⋅s−1
second

metre per second


m/s2 acceleration m⋅s−2
squared

metre per second


m/s3 jerk, jolt m⋅s−3
cubed

metre per quartic


m/s4 snap, jounce m⋅s−4
second

radian per second rad/s angular velocity s−1

newton second N⋅s momentum, impulse m⋅kg⋅s−1

newton metre second N⋅m⋅s angular momentum m2⋅kg⋅s−1

N⋅m =
newton metre torque, moment of force m2⋅kg⋅s−2
J/rad

newton per second N/s yank m⋅kg⋅s−3

reciprocal metre m−1 wavenumber m−1

kilogram per square


kg/m2 area density m−2⋅kg
metre

kilogram per cubic


kg/m3 density, mass density m−3⋅kg
metre

cubic metre per


m3/kg specific volume m3⋅kg−1
kilogram

amount of substance
mole per cubic metre mol/m3 m−3⋅mol
concentration

cubic metre per mole m3/mol molar volume m3⋅mol−1


joule second J⋅s action m2⋅kg⋅s−1

joule per kelvin J/K heat capacity, entropy m2⋅kg⋅s−2⋅K−1

molar heat capacity, molar


joule per kelvin mole J/(K⋅mol) m2⋅kg⋅s−2⋅K−1⋅mol−1
entropy

joule per kilogram specific heat capacity, specific


J/(K⋅kg) m2⋅s−2⋅K−1
kelvin entropy

joule per mole J/mol molar energy m2⋅kg⋅s−2⋅mol−1

joule per kilogram J/kg specific energy m2⋅s−2

joule per cubic metre J/m3 energy density m−1⋅kg⋅s−2

newton per metre N/m = J/m2 surface tension kg⋅s−2

watt per square


W/m2 heat flux density, irradiance kg⋅s−3
metre

watt per metre kelvin W/(m⋅K) thermal conductivity m⋅kg⋅s−3⋅K−1

square metre per kinematic viscosity, diffusion


m2/s m2⋅s−1
second coefficient

Pa⋅s =
pascal second dynamic viscosity m−1⋅kg⋅s−1
N⋅s/m2

coulomb per square electric displacement field,


C/m2 m−2⋅s⋅A
metre polarization vector

coulomb per cubic


C/m3 electric charge density m−3⋅s⋅A
metre

ampere per square


A/m2 electric current density A⋅m−2
metre

siemens per metre S/m conductivity m−3⋅kg−1⋅s3⋅A2

siemens square
S⋅m2/mol molar conductivity kg-1⋅s3⋅mol−1⋅A2
metre per mole

farad per metre F/m permittivity m−3⋅kg−1⋅s4⋅A2

henry per metre H/m permeability m⋅kg⋅s−2⋅A−2

volt per metre V/m electric field strength m⋅kg⋅s−3⋅A−1

ampere per metre A/m magnetic field strength A⋅m−1


candela per square
cd/m2 luminance cd⋅m−2
metre

lumen second lm⋅s luminous energy cd⋅sr⋅s

lux second lx⋅s luminous exposure cd⋅sr⋅s/m−2

coulomb per
C/kg exposure (X and gamma rays) kg−1⋅s⋅A
kilogram

gray per second Gy/s absorbed dose rate m2⋅s−3

ohm metre Ω⋅m resistivity m3⋅kg⋅s−3⋅A−2

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