SI QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE: International System of Units (SI) The Modern Metric System” UNITS “Ta Intemational Sytem of Units (1 is based on sven Base units Base Units Quantity ame ‘Symbol length ‘metre m mass. Ftoarar fo time Second s ‘let curent ampere A ‘thermodynamic temperature kewin K [Emount of substance mmole hol [Umnous intensity Candela co anda number of deri nits which ar combinations of base units and which may have spi ames and symbols Examples of Derived Units Suan Eipression ae Somos ‘acceleration ‘anguar raaig? near ms ange plane dimens.oniess radian rad Celsius temperature K degree Colsus °C. ensty eat ax win? mass oi? current ame nergy, enmatpy ‘work, heat Nem Jove J specie kg eat capacity wk specie “igs ‘ow, mass ys fw ume mie foree kgwie? nenson N frequency penoae ws ore He rotating revs inovetance wisa henry H magnaie fax ves weber we tase flow isis moment of force Nem potent, etectre win volt v ower radiant fx sis wat w pressure, stress Nin? pascal Pa ‘esstance, pectic WA ohm a thermal conctiviy usenet velocity angular vals viseosty ‘dynamic absolute) Pas nematic) mis volume me volume, spectic meg “For comple ifm ee TEEEAST SFT,‘SI QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE SYMBOLS Symbal ar ampere becquere! coulom ogres Celsius ‘candela farad gay ‘ram goggozgarsrancggzeg7g gog> gecvase ‘allowed with SI Use of Symbols ne cortet use of symbols sport necase an comet symbot ‘may change the meaning of quant. Some SI sybase sted in the Symbol bl symbol excop athe ead of Sentence amples: A, mo amp ot se; SL no SL Symbols appear in lower ese ules th wit mame hasbeen ken from a proper tame. nth case the Tit ler of the symbol scp tahaed -Bzample: mete: Pa, peal W, watt epon: Lire Symbols and pfs at prin in uptight coma) type egand- les ofthe type sven strounding text Example. distance of 73 km bercen Examples: 1mm, 100mm; 1k 65 ke ‘Leave a spce betwoon the value andthe symbol Examples: 118 W. not SW: 025 nor 078L Female electric curent ‘base unit ‘ctv (ofa rac nuckde) 1 elecine charge. Ae temperature interval "=k luminous intensity ‘base unit electric capacitance cw ‘sbsorbe bose, ag ass igt000 inductance Wore ‘requency ue area 30.000 me nergy, work, heat Nem temperature ‘base unit Volume vt000, luminous fax caer lenath base unit famount of substance base unit force gens pressure, stress Nine Blane angle ‘nvm (imonsionless) Slectne conductance aN ‘ose equivalent hg time base unit sold angle nvm (dmensioniss) magnet fax densty Weim mass 1000 ka: Mo electric potential wa power, radiant fx ais ‘magnet ux Ves ‘Axception: No spaces ot between the amen alc and symbol fo degre of plane nae Examples 138,078 Note: Symbol for for coulomb is Cor dre Celia itis °C Do not mix symbols ad name nthe same expression. Examples: radians per secondo rs motrin second ot radians sor metes per second, rot mete second: nt metres seg Joules per Ktogra, no oulesilogram: ns jules Symbol for preduct—use the sed dot) Examples: Non; Pes, Wil?) Examples: soc or use negative exponent ‘Note: Use only ne solids (/) per expression and parentheses to avoid any sbi.‘SI QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE PREFIXES Most prefixes indicate odes of anit in tps of 1000 and pro view convenen a fo express mgt and sma mers ano ‘liminatenongiican digits an edn 20 nail Tctons, Ons? mete the same w 7 lees 1000 mets i te sume as 16 klmnctes* ‘except for mended aceracy Prat ‘Symbol Represents yotta 10% tena ton ora 10% peta 108 fea tor 98 10 ‘mega to ko 1 ‘eka 10: Sect 10" ent toe ‘a 108 rm toe Fano 109 0 to fo 10-8 ato to" Zepto tox yoeto 10% “To alize he ll benefit ofthe prefixes when expressing» quantity by numerical ale, choose arti so atthe number los between and 1s Toe spy he reference to pretines representing Tod sed os intra power (res mm a, kn). “Esceprions: Inexpressing area ana volune, the pretiaes bet, "eka dec and ent may by require for ‘example, cubic decinate(L) square betomete (hectare) cubic cemimere Tables of values ofthe same quantity Comparison of hee Fer cern quamites in pariculr applications, For example, he mmr fs sed for Hina dimension in achitesturl and Tange of | mim to 100 om: the centmete wey td or tonal eseuemens and caching sis ‘Compound uns. compound unt is dered unt expressed wth ow or more wnt: The prefs i ache to. un the nero sample: Vin wo V0 Mignon Compound prefites formed by 2 combination of 0 or mare prix: Examples: 2m no? mm Gm not KL (6 MPa or 6 KAP Exponential Powers, An exponen atached 1 symbol containing 2 froin sein the mip o he nt th pein Tote power of 10 expressed By te exponen. 105m Fcamples: 10m Inst = (10% s71= 10s 1 mis = (108 ms = 108 wes NUMBERS Inrational practic separates he digits of larg numbers into soups of tres, counting fom the decimal ote Fea the igh ‘So norte aps 0 copra the grog, a oar of So Sigh, ‘he pace ent nocesay excep for cforms) ibis, Examples: 6358 S68 85 365; 51 885 953: 88 00; ‘Small Numbers. When writing a number beren oa and mins one, puta zero heir the decimal maker Note: This applies to lage numbers which hve an exponent a 0.1 1076, Tsu given colloquial as "never use a make dial Decimal Marker. The recommended octal marker i dot on the Tie (peo. In some counties, a coma i used asthe decal caus illon means milion milion in ost counties but th ‘Smilin in he United States vo sing bilan nel writ ine 10'S AND DON'TS “The units in the international system of units ae called SI units—nor Mace Unit and no St Mee Ute "Non-Stuisiptude ich-pound units old metic uit and many ‘ther units Inch-pou ats (1) eters oS ous which contain tomary units, conventional units, imperial units, and Enish unis ‘Treat al plied out names as nouns. Therefore, do nt capitalize the fitter of wnt exp at he being oa setence om apt toed material such ee Examples: wat: pascal: ampere: vl: newton: kelvin xeepton: Always capitalize he fist ete of Cli. nance orite te unt ame nfl Use plurals for speed out unit names when equi bythe aes of amples: meets eney—henriess {Glograntlograms kevin kelins wrgutas Mave hore uk somone Do not pu space or hyphen botween the pfx and uit ame Siomeae not ilo mete o kilosmete; ili nor ml watt or malls Eanples:‘SI QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ‘When prefix ends with a vowel nd the uit me begin witha ‘oel retain and pranounoe bath vowels ample: kileampore EEepions- etre: bok; magohim ‘When a derived unit names forme by multiplication, leave a space bene units tht re multiplied. xumples: newton mete, not newton-met; ‘lt ampere, aa oleampore Use the moter squared or cabo after the unit name. ample: — mate po second squned [Eepion: For are or volume the modifier may be laced before he unis. ample: square milieu; cubic mete ‘When derived nis are formed hy dvision, us the word per, not solidus, Examples: mete per scan not metesecond: wat er guar mete nor watsguare meter SELECTED CONVERSION FACTORS. CAUTION: These conversion values are rounded to hres fur si: rican figures, whichis suficiemly accurate for mos applications ‘When making conversions, member that a converted value is no more pres than the cig vl, Rou the Final valve to the same numb of sgufcant Figures tose in the rial valu. See ANSI SI 10 fr adtonal conversion with more significant figures, Mati ay Te Oban any By Toobin oon ooo Us som ars Ute?) eros vs om erepomer (50 one kw inch 254 mm imotrmarcny 1") a7 ie in water 0°) nes Pa ins torque er moment) 13 Ne we eas ie in? 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De (ns. 180 vom! wep /alon 120 om? pom by macs) s00 mola pal esos ia cad (10 Bt 108 el cs fi US) owe ‘om 010s rads tablespoon appx) 8 mi teoopeon peo) . ™ the 70,0008) 1055 ten shot 20001) 0907 Mt tone) rs ‘oois om xf 08m xP 07605 m? “conversion factor i exact atmosphere, standard sionses kPa bar +100) kPa bare (42 UE gal petoleum) 150, t ‘Bt, temationalTabe) 1.055 on Btunbs?F (spect het, CF) 464 shows cori, klogram floes) 4.167 on cand, candlepower “10 c@ centipeae, dynanse woot, » 1.00 Pa contistokes, kinematic wscosty, v “1.00 mines " oso =m ‘iin fom “o.00503 mvs fs, fps “oso ms * owe mf Ais, kinematic icosty,¥ 92000 mnie ® s0.08 C 2 oozee mt 2h 7966 mus 2h oare Us isc rae Us footcandle 1076 he ‘io, torque or moment) 136 Nem fe wor) 138 3 feb (speci energy) 200 the 30, power oose = w gal, US (231 in?) 3785 L ‘Note: ne St te alin) anpreaees temperature intel The degre Gelsus symbol (©) may be used fo this purpose as wal