TABLE 1-1 SI Base and Supplementary Quantities and Units TABLE 1-2b Additional Common Derived Units of SI

SI unit symbol Quantity Unit Symbol

(“abbreviation”);
Use roman acceleration meter per second squared m/s2
Quantity or “dimension” SI unit (upright) type angular acceleration radian per second squared rad/s2
angular velocity radian per second rad/s
Base quantity or “dimension” area square meter m2
length meter m concentration (of amount of mole per cubic meter mol/m3
mass kilogram kg substance)
time second s current density ampere per square meter A/m2
electric current ampere A density, mass kilogram per cubic meter kg/m3
thermodynamic temperature kelvin K electric-charge density coulomb per cubic meter C/m3
amount of substance mole* mol electric-field strength volt per meter V/m
luminous intensity candela cd electric-flux density coulomb per square meter C/m2
Supplementary quantity or “dimension” energy density joule per cubic meter J/m3
plane angle radian rad entropy joule per kelvin J/K
solid angle steradian sr heat capacity joule per kelvin J/K
heat-flux density, watt per square meter W/m2
*When the mole is used, the elementary entities must be specified; they may irradiance
be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons, other particles, or specified groups of such luminance candela per square meter cd/m2
particles. magnetic-field strength ampere per meter A/m
molar energy joule per mole J/mol
molar entropy joule per mole-kelvin J/(mol⋅K)
molar-heat capacity joule per mole-kelvin J/(mol⋅K)
moment of force newton-meter N⋅m
TABLE 1-2a Derived Units of SI that Have Special Names permeability henry per meter H/m
permittivity farad per meter F/m
Quantity Unit Symbol Formula radiance watt per square-meter- W/(m2⋅sr)
frequency (of a periodic phenomenon) hertz Hz l/s steradian
force newton N (kg⋅m)/s2 radiant intensity watt per steradian W/sr
pressure, stress pascal Pa N/m2 specific-heat capacity joule per kilogram-kelvin J/(kg⋅K)
energy, work, quantity of heat joule J N⋅m specific energy joule per kilogram J/kg
power, radiant flux watt W J/s specific entropy joule per kilogram-kelvin J/(kg⋅K)
quantity of electricity, electric charge coulomb C A⋅s specific volume cubic meter per kilogram m3/kg
electric potential, potential difference, volt V W/A surface tension newton per meter N/m
electromotive force thermal conductivity watt per meter-kelvin W/(m⋅K)
capacitance farad F C/V velocity meter per second m/s
electric resistance ohm Ω V/A viscosity, dynamic pascal-second Pa⋅s
conductance siemens S A/V viscosity, kinematic square meter per second m2/s
magnetic flux weber Wb V⋅s volume cubic meter m3
magnetic-flux density tesla T Wb/m2 wave number 1 per meter 1/m
inductance henry H Wb/A
luminous flux lumen lm cd⋅sr
illuminance lux lx lm/m2
activity (of radionuclides) becquerel Bq l/s
absorbed dose gray Gy J/kg TABLE 1-3 SI Prefixes
Multiplication factor Prefix Symbol
1 000 000 000 000 000 = 1018
000 exa E
1 000 000 000 000 = 1015
000 peta P
1 000 000 000 = 1012
000 tera T
1 000 000 = 109
000 giga G
1 000 = 106
000 mega M
000 = 103
1 kilo k
100 = 102 hecto* h
10 = 101 deka* da
0.1 = 10−1 deci* d
0.01 = 10−2 centi c
0.001 = 10−3 milli m
0.000 001 = 10−6 micro μ
0.000 000 001 = 10−9 nano n
0.000 000 000 001 = 10−12 pico p
0.000 000 000 000 001 = 10−15 femto f
0.000 000 000 000 000 001 = 10−18 atto a
*Generally to be avoided.

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