SI (System of International) System of Units

SI (System of international) system of units

The SI system consists of seven basic units and two supplementary units. These are represented in table 1 . The unit for other quantities are derived from the basic units which are given in table 2.

It is convenient to use prefix to avoid the use of very large or very small numbers these prefix are given in table 3

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SI System : Basic Units

Quantity
Unit
Symbol

     Fundamental units:

 Length (l)     ( small L)

Mass (m)

 Time (t)

Temperature (T)

 Electric current (I)    (Capital I)

Luminous intensity (Iv)

Amount of substance (n)

    Supplementary units

Plane angle

Solid angle

metre

kilogram

second

kelvin

ampere

candela

mole



radian

steradian

m

kg

(s)

(K)

A

cd

mol


(rad)

(sr)
  Table 1

                 SI System : Derived Units

Quantity
Unit
Symbol
Force

Energy

Power

Pressure

Density

Velocity

Acceleration

Angular velocity

Angular acceleration

Dynamic viscosity

Entropy

Specific heat

Thermal conductivity
newton

joule

watt

pascal

kilogram per cubic metre

metre per second

metre per second square

radian per second

radiation per second square

newton-second per square metre

joule per kelvin

joule per kilogram kelvin

watt per metre kelvin

N

J

W

Pa

kg/m³

m/s

m/s²

rad/s

rad/s²

N-s/m²

J/K

J/kgK

W/mK

                              Table 2

Preflxes used in Basic Units

Factor
prefix
Abbreviation
Factor
Prefix
Abbreviation
10¹²

10⁹

10⁶

10³
tera

giga

mega

kilo
T

G

M

k
10-3

10-6

10-9

10-12
mili

micro

nano

pico
m

μ

n

p

                        Table 3

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