Table of SI units

Table-A. SI base units

SI prefixes
SI units

Name
length

m (metre)

mass

kg (kilogram)

time
electric
thermodynamic temperature
amount of substance
luminous intensity

s (second)
A (ampere)
K (kelvin)
mol (mole)
cd (candela)

Non-SI units
accepted for use with the SI
ua (astronomical unit)
t (tonne), Da (dalton),
u (unified atomic mass unit)
min (minute), h (hour), d (day)

Non-SI units
accepted in Japanese Measurement ACT

Table-B. Examples of coherent derived units in the SI expressed in terms of base units
Name
area
volume
speed, velocity
acceleration
wavenumber
density, mass density
surface density
specific volume
current density
magnetic field strength
amount concentration, concentration
mass concentration
luminance
refractive index
relative permeability

SI units

Non-SI units
accepted for use with the SI
ha (hectare)
l, L (litre)

Non-SI units
accepted in Japanese Measurement ACT

m2 (metre)
m3 (cubic metre)
m/s (metre per second)
m/s2 (metre per second squared)
m-1 (reciprocal metre)
kg/m3 (kilogram per cubic metre)
kg/m2 (kilogram per square metre)
m3/kg (cubic metre per kilogram)
A/m2 (ampere per square metre)
A/m (ampere per metre)
%vol%(volume parts per cent), *1)
mol/m3 (mole per cubic metre)
%wt%(weight parts per cent), *1)
kg/m3 (kilogram per cubic metre)
2
cd/m (candela per square metre)
1 (one)
1 (one)
*1) (parts per thouzand), ppm(parts per million), ppb(parts per billion), ppt(parts per trillion), ppq(parts per quadrollion)

Table-C. Coherent derived units in the SI with special names and special names and symbols
Name
plane angle
solid angle
frequency
force
pressure, stress
energy, work, amount of heat
power, radiant flux
electric charge, amount of electricity
electric potential difference,
electromotive force
capacitance
electric resistance
electric conductance
magnetic flux
magnetic flux density
inductance
Celsius temperature
luminous flux
illuminance
activity referred to a radionuclide
absorbed dose, specific energy (imparted),
kerma
dose equivalent, ambient dose equivalent,
directional dose equivalent,
personal dose equivalent
catalytic activity

SI units
rad (radian)
sr (steradian)
Hz (hertz)
N (newton)
Pa (pascal)
J (joule)
W (watt)
C (coulomb)

Expressed in terms of
other SI units
1
1

Non-SI units
accepted for use with the SI
(degree), ' (minute), " (second)

Non-SI units
accepted in Japanese Measurement ACT

rpm(revolution per minute),

N/m2
Nm
J/s

V (volt)

W/A

F (farad)
(ohm)
S (siemens)
Wb (weber)
T (tesla)
H (henry)
o
C (degree Celsius)
lm (lumen)
lx (lux)
Bq (becquerel)

C/V
V/A
A/V
Vs
Wb/m2
Wb/A

Gy (gray)

J/kg

Sv (sievert)

J/kg

atm(atmosphere, Torr(torr)
eV (electronvolt)
var(var), VA(volt ampere)

cd sr
lm/m2

kat (katal)

Table-D. Examples of SI coherent derived units whose names

and symbols include SI coherent derived units with special names and symbols
Name
dynamic viscosity
moment of force
surface tension
angular velocity
angular acceleration
heat flux density, irradiance
heat capacity, entropy
specific heat capacity, specific entropy
specific energy
thermal conductivity
energy density
electric field strength
electric charge density
surface charge density
electric flux density, electric displacement
permittivity
permeability
molar energy
molar entropy, molar heat capacity
exposure (x- and -rays)
absorbed dose rate
radiant intensity
radiance
catalytic activity concentration

SI units

Non-SI units
accepted in Japanese Measurement ACT
P(poise)

Non-SI units
accepted for use with the SI

Non-SI units
accepted in Japanese Measurement ACT
St(stokes
dB(decibel
pH(ph)

Pa s (pascal second)
N m (newton metre)
N/m (newton per metre)
rad/s (radian per second)
rad/s2 (radian per second squared)
W/m2 (watt per square metre)
J/K (joule per kelvin)
J/(kg K) (joule per kilogram kelvin)
J/kg (joule per kilogram)
W/(m K) (watt per metre kelvin)
J/m3 (joule per cubic metre)
V/m (volt per metre)
C/m3 (coulomb per cubic metre)
C/m2 (coulomb per square metre)
C/m2 (coulomb per square metre)
F/m (farad per metre)
H/m (henry per metre)
J/mol (joule per mole J/mol)
J/(mol K) (joule per mole kelvin)
C/kg (coulomb per kilogram)
Gy/s (gray per second)
W/sr (watt per steradian)
W/(m2 sr) (watt per square metre steradian)
kat/m3 (katal per cubic metre)

Table-E. Others
Name

Non-SI units
accepted for use with the SI

SI units

kinematic viscosity
logarithmic ratio quantities
potential Hydrogen
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Factor Name Symbol

1024
1021
1018
1015
1012
109
106
103
102
10
1
10-1
10-2
10-3
10-6
10-9
10-12
10-15
10-18
10-21
10-24

yotta
zetta
exa
peta
tera
giga
mega
kilo
hecto
deca

Z
Y
E
P
T
G
M
k
h
da

deci
centi
milli
micro
nano
pico
femto
atto
zepto
yocto

d
c
m

n
p
f
a
z
y