Thursday, September 1, 2011

SI units

temperature-Kelvin K
time-second s
length-metre M
electric current-ampere A
mass-kilogram kg
intensity of light-candela cd
amount of substance-mole mol


Giga
One billion 1000 000 000
G
1 Gm = 1 gigametre = 1000 000 000 metres
Mega
One million 1000 000
M
1 Ms = 1 megasecond = 1000 000 seconds
Kilo
One thousand 1000
k
1 kg = 1 kilogram = 1000 grams
Deci
One tenth 1/10
d
1 dg = 1 decigram = 1/10 grams
Centi
One hundredth 1/100
c
1 cm = 1 centimetre = 1/100
Milli
One thousandth 1/1000
m
1 ml = 1 millilitre = 1/1000 litres
Micro
One millionth 1/1000 000
µ
1µl = 1 microlitre = 1/1000 000 litres
Nano
One billionth 1/1000 000 000
n
1ns = 1 nanosecond = 1/1000 000 000 seconds


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