INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITSSIExcerpts from JIS Z 82031985

1. The International System of UnitsSIand its usage

11. Scope of application This standard specifies the International System of UnitsSIand how to use units under the SI system, as well as

13. Integer exponents of SI units

The multiples, prefix names, and prefix symbols that compose the integer exponents of 10 for SI units are shown in Table 4.
1Prefixes

the units which are or may be used in conjunction with SI system units.

Table 4. Prefixes

12. Terms and definitions

The terminology used in this standard and the definitions thereof are as follows.
1International System of UnitsSI A consistent system of units adopted and recommended by the International Committee on Weights and Measures. It contains base units and supplementary units, units
derived from them, and their integer exponents to the 10th power. SI is the abbreviation of System International d'UnitesInternational System of Units.
A general term used to describe base units, supplementary units, and derived units under the International System of UnitsSI.

1018
1015
1012
109
106
103

The units shown in Table 1 are considered the base units.

4Supplementary units The units shown in Table 2 below are considered the supplementary units.
Table 1. Base Units

Time

Second

Electric flow

Ampere

Kelvin

Thermodynamic
temperature

A mole is the amount of substance of a system that contains as many elementary particles1
or aggregations of elementary particles as there are atoms in 0.012 kilogram of carbon 12.
Mole
mol
When the mole is used, the elementary particles must be specified.
A candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of
Luminous intensity
Candela
cd
1
frequency 5401012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of
watts per steradian.
683
Note1 The elementary particles here must be atoms, molecules, ions, electrons or other particles.

Amount of
substance

Measure

Unit name

Unit symbol

Radian

rad

Solid angle

Steradian

sr

5Derived Units

Measure
Surface area
Volume
Speed
Acceleration
Wave numbers
Density
Current density
Magnetic field strength
Concentration of substance
Specific volume
Luminance

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dyn

kgf

1105

1.019 72101

1105

9.806 65

9.806 6510

 nits expressed algebraicallywith mathematical symbols such as multiplication and division signsusing base units and
U
supplementary units are considered to be derived units. Derived units with special names and symbols are shown in Table 3.
Table 3. SI Derived Units with Special Names and Symbols

Derived unit
Name

Symbol

Square meter
Cubic meter
Meters per second
Meter per second per second
Per meter
Kilograms per cubic meter
Amperes per square meter
Amperes per meter
Moles per cubic meter
Cubic meters per kilogram
Candelas per square meter

m2
m3
m/s
m/s2
m1
kg/m3
A/m2
A/m
mol/m3
m3/kg
cd/m2

Measure
Frequency
Force
Pressure, stress
Energy, work, heat quantity
Work rate, process rate,
power, electric power
Electric charge,
quantity of electricity
Electric potential, potential difference,
voltage, electromotive force

Electrostatic capacity, capacitance

Electric resistance
Conductance
Magnetic flux
Magnetic flux densitymagnetic induction
Inductance
Celsius temperature
Luminous flux
Illumination
Radioactivity
Absorbed dose
Dose equivalent

Symbol
n
p
f
a

1.019 72106

cP

1103

110

1102

1103
110

Pas

110

Note: 1P1dyns/cm21g/cms

1Pas1Ns/m2, 1cP1mPas
kgf/mm2

kgf/cm2

Pa or N/m2

MPa or N/mm2

1106

1.019 72107 1.019 72105

1.019 72101 1.019 7210

1106
9.806 65106

9.806 65

9.806 65104

9.806 65102

Definition
A radian is the plane angle between two radii of a circle that cuts off an arc on the
circumference equal in length to the radius.
A steradian is the solid angle which, having its vertex in the center of a sphere, cuts off an area of the
surface of the sphere equal to that of a square with sides equal in length to the radius of the sphere.

Example: Examples of SI Derived Units Expressed in Terms of Base Units

109
1012
1015
1018

1102

1102

m2/s

cSt

St

1106

1104

1106

1102

1104

1102

Note: 1St1cm2/s, 1cSt1mm2/s

Note: 1Pa1N/m2, 1MPa1N/mm2

Table 2. Supplementary Units

Plane angle

Name
Nano
Pico
Femto
Atto

The units enclosed by bold lines are the SI units.

Kinematic viscosity

kg

102
10
101
102
103
106

Prefix

Multiple of
unit

Symbol
h
da
d
c
m

Pa
1
1 10

Derivation from basic

unit or supplementary
unit, or derivation from
Symbol another derived unit

Derived unit
Name
Hertz
Newton
Pascal
Joule
Watt
Coulomb
Volt
Farad
Ohm
Siemens
Weber
Tesla
Henry
Degrees Celsius
or degrees

Lumen
Lux
Becquerel
Gray
Sievert

Hz
N
Pa
J
W
C
V
F

S
Wb
T
H

lm
lx
Bq
Gy
Sv

1 Hz 1 s1
1 N 1 kgm/s2
1 Pa 1 N/m2
1 J 1 Nm
1 W 1 J/s
1 C 1 As
1 V 1 J/C
1 F 1 C/V
1 1 V/A
1 S 1 1
1 Wb 1 Vs
1 T 1 Wb/m2
1 H 1 Wb/A
1 t t273.15K
1 lm 1 cdsr
1 lx 1 lm/m2
1 Bq 1 s1
1 Gy 1 J/kg
1 Sv 1 J/kg

kPa

bar

MPa

1105

1.019 72105

9.869 23106

1.019 72101

7.500 62103

110

1.019 7210

9.869 2310

1.019 7210

7.500 62

1 10

1 103

1 10

1 10

1 10

9.806 65 10

9.806 65 10

9.806 6510

1.013 25 10

1.333 22 10

mmHg or Torr

1 106

9.806 65

mmH2O

1 103

1 106

atm

kgf/cm2

110

1.019 7210

9.869 23

1.019 72
1

9.806 65 10

1.013 25 10

1.013 25 10

1.013 25

9.806 65 10

9.806 65 10

1.333 22 10

1.333 22 10

9.806 6510
1.333 2210

1.019 72105

7.500 62103

9.869 2310

1.019 7210

7.500 62102

9.678 4110

110

7.355 59102

1.033 2310

7.600 00102

1.033 23
5

110

9.678 4110

1.359 5110

1.315 7910

1
1.359 5110

7.355 59102
1

Note: 1Pa1N/m2
J

kWh

kgfm

kcal

2.777 78107

1.019 72101

2.388 89104

3.600

3.670 98105

8.600 0 102

9.806 65

2.724 07106

2.342 70103

4.186 05103

1.162 79103

4.268 58102

106

Note: 1J1Ws, 1J1Nm

W

kgfm/s

PS

kcal/h

1.019 72101

1.359 62103

8.600 0 101

1.333 33102

8.433 71

9.806 65
7.355
1.162 79

102

7.5

10

1.185 72101

6.325 29102

1.580 95103

Thermal conductivity

Kilogram

Prefix
Name
Hecto
Deca
Deci
Centi
Milli
Micro

W/mK

kcal/
mh

8.600 0101

1.162 79

Coefficient of heat transfer

Mass

Force

1
A meter is the length of the path traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 299 792 458 of a second.
A kilogram is a unit of massnot weight or force. It is equal to the mass of the international
prototype of the kilogram.
A second is the duration of 9, 192, 631, 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the
transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium 133 atom.
An ampere is that constant current which, if maintained in two straight parallel conductors of
infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 meter apart in a vacuum, would
produce between these conductors a force equal to 2107 Newtons per meter of length.
1
A Kelvin is the fraction 273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.

Stress

Meter

Symbol
E
P
T
G
M
k

2. Conversion table for conventional units that are difficult to convert to SI units

Definition

Pressure

Length

Unit symbol

Work, energy, heat quantity

Unit name

Power
process rate/power
, heat flow

Measure

Name
Exa
Peta
Tera
Giga
Mega
Kilo

Multiple of
unit

Viscosity

2SI units
3Base units

Prefix

Multiple of
unit

W/m2K

kcal/
m2h

8.600 0101

1.162 79

Specific heat

TECHNICAL DATA

J/
kgK

kcal/
kg
cal/
g

2.388 89104

4.186 05103

Note: 1W1J/s, PS: French horsepower

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