UIUC Physics 436 Electromagnetic Fields & Sources II Fall Semester, 2011 Professor Steven Errede

SI Units of Kinematic and Electromagnetic Quantities

Quantity
Length

Symbol
A

Common Units
Meters, m

Units Symbol

SI Base Units

Mass
Time
Velocity
Acceleration
Force
Momentum
Angular Momentum
Pressure
Energy, Work
(Volume) Energy Density
Power
Electric Charge
Linear Elect. Charge Density
Surface Elect. Charge Density
Volume Elect. Charge Density
Electric Potential
Electric Field
Electric Displacement
Electric Polarization
Electric Flux
Electric Displacement Flux
Capacitance
Electric Permittivity
Electric Susceptibility
Electric Line Current

m
t
v
a
F = ma = dp/dt
p = mv
L = rp
P = F/A
E, W
U = E/V
P = dW/dt
Q
= Q/L
= Q/A
= Q/V
V
E = F/Q = V
D = E
P = oeE
E = EA = Q/o
D = DA = Q
C = Q/V
= o(1+e)
e =Ke1 = /o1
I = JA = KA

Kilograms, kg
Seconds, sec or s
m/s
m/s2
Newtons = kg-m/s2
kg-m/s
kg-m2/s = Joule-sec = N-m-s
Pascals, Pa = N/m2
Joules = N-m
Joules/m3
Watts = Joules/sec
Coulombs, C
Coulombs/m
Coulombs/m2
Coulombs/m3
Volts = N-m/C
Volts/m = N/C
Coulombs/m2
Coulombs/m2
Volt-m = N-m2/C
Coulombs
Farad = Coulomb/Volt
Farads/m = C2/N-m2
Dimensionless
Amperes, Amps

kg
s
m/s
m/s2
N
kg-m/s
J-s = N-m-s
Pa = N/m2
J = N-m
J/m3
J/s
C = A-s
C/m
C/m2
C/m3
V = N-m/C
V/m = N/C
C/m2
C/m2
V-m =N-m2/C
C = A-s
F = C/V
F/m = C/V-m
*
A = C/s

kg
s
m/s
m/s2
kg-m/s2
kg-m/s

Elect. Surface Current Density

Elect. Volume Current Density
Magnetic Charge
Magnetic Vector Potential
Magnetic Field
Magnetic Displacement
Magnetization
Magnetic Flux
Inductance
Magnetic Permeability
Magnetic Susceptibility
Resistance

K
J = nqv
gm = qv
A = p/Q
B = A
H = 1/o B
M = mH
m = BA = h/e
L = m/I
= o(1+m)
m =Km1 = /o1
R = cA/A = V/I

Amps/m
Amps/m2
Amp-m = C-m/s
Tesla-m = Wb/m = N/A
Teslas = Wb/m2 = N/A-m
Amps/m
Amps/m
Webers = Tesla-m2 = N-m/A
Henrys=Wb/A=T-m2/A=N-m/A2
Henrys/m =T-m/A = N/A2
Dimensionless
Ohms,

A/m
A/m2
A-m
T-m = N/A
T = Wb/m2
A/m
A/m
Wb = T-m2
H = N-m/A2
H/m = N/A2
*
=V/A

A/m
A/m2
A-m
kg-m/A-s2
kg/A-s2
A/m
A/m
kg-m2/A-s2
kg-m2/A2-s2
kg-m/A2-s2
*
kg-m2/A2-s3

Resistivity
Conductance

c = 1/c
G = 1/R = cA/A

Ohm-m, -m
Siemens = 1 = Mhos

-m =V-m/A

kg-m3/A2-s3
A2-s3/kg-m2

Conductivity
Electric Charge
Magnetic Charge
Speed of Light (in vacuum)
Elect. Permittivity Free Space
Magn. Permeability Free Space
Plancks Constant
Boltzmanns Constant

c = 1/c
e
g
c =1/sqrt(oo)
o
o
h
kB

Siemens/m = /m = Mhos/m
1.6021019 Coulombs
3.291109 Ampere-meters
2.998108 meters/sec
8.851012 Farads/meter
4107 Henrys/meter
6.6261034 Joule-sec
1.3811023 Joule/Kelvin

S = A/V
S/m = A/V-m
C
A-m = C-m/s
m/s
F/m = C2/N-m2

H/m = N/A2
J-s = N-m-s
J/K = N-m/K

kg-m2/s

kg/m-s2
kg-m2/s2
kg/m-s2
kg-m2/s3
Ampere-sec
A-s/m
A-s/m2
A-s/m3
kg-m2/A-s3
kg-m/A-s3
A-s/m2
A-s/m2
kg-m3/A-s3
A-s
A2-s4/kg-m2
A2-s4/kg-m3
*
A

A2-s3/kg-m3
C
A-m
m/s
A2-s4/kg-m3
kg-m/A2-s2
kg-m2/s
kg-m2/s2-K