UNITS AND CONSTANT

Base and Supplementary Units

Quantity Unit Symbol

Length meter m

Mass kilogram kg

Time second s

Electric current ampere A

Thermodynamic temperature Kelvin K

Luminous intensity candela cd

Molecular substance mole mol

Plane angle radian rad

Solid angle steradian sr

Derived Units

Quantity Unit Symbol

Space and Time

Area square meter m²
Volume cubic meter m³
Velocity meter per second m/s
Acceleration meter per second per second m/s²
Angular velocity radian per second rad/s
Angular acceleration radian per second per second rad/s²
Frequency hertz Hz (cycle/s)
Rotational speed revolution per second r/s
revolution per minute r/m
Solid angle steradian sr
 Mechanics
Density kilogram per cubic meter kg/m³
Momentum kilogram meter per second kg·m/s
Moment of inertia kilogram meter squared kg·m³
Force newton N (kg·m/s²)
Torque, moment of force newton meter N·m
Energy, work, heat quantity joule J (N·m)
Power watt W (J/s)
Pressure, stress pascal Pa (N/m²)
Solid angle steradian sr

Heat
Customary temperature degree Celsius °C
Thermal conductivity watt per meter Kelvin W/(m·K)
Entropy joule per Kelvin J/K
Specific heat joule per kilogram Kelvin J/(kg·K)

Electricity and Magnetism

Electric charge coulomb C (A·s)
Electric potential, voltage, electromotive V (W/A)
volt
force
Electric field strength volt per meter V/m
Capacitance farad F (A·s/V)
Current daily ampere per square meter A/m²
Magnetic field strength ampere per meter A/m
Magnetic flux weber Wb (V·s)
Magnetic flux density tesla T (Wb/m²)
Inductance henry H=V·s/A
Permeability henry per meter H/m
Resistance ohm =V/A
Conductance siemens S=A/V
Magnetomotive force ampere A

Light
Luminous flux lumen lm (cd·sr)
Illumination lux lx (lm/m²)
Luminance candela per square meter cd/m²

Viscosity
Kinematic viscosity square meter per second m²/s
Dynamic (absolute) viscosity pascal second Pa·s

Quantity Equivalent Dimensions S.I. units

Kilogram
Mass M
(kg)
Length L Metre (m)
Time T Second (s)
Frequency cycles/unit time T-1 Hertz (Hz)
Area length x width L2 m2
Volume length x height x width L3 m3
Density Mass/unit volume ML-3 kg/m3
Velocity Distance/unit time LT-1 m/s
Acceleration Velocity/unit time LT-2 m/s2
Force mass x acceleration MLT-2 Newton
mass x gravitational acceleration
Kilogram
Weight (terrestrial surface acceleration = 9.81 MLT-2
(?)
m/s2 = g)
Pressure or
force/unit area ML-1T-2 Pascal (Pa)
Stress
Moment of
mass x length2 ML2 kg m2
Inertia
Work force x distance ML2T-2 Joule (J)
Energy Work capacity ML2T-2 Joule (J)
Potential mass x gravitational acceleration x height
ML2T-2 Joule (J)
Energy raised
Kinetic Energy 1/2 mass x velocity2 ML2T-2 Joule (J)
Power Work/unit time ML2T-3 Watt (W)
Momentum Mass x velocity MLT-1

CONVERSIONS

Millibar (mb): 1 mb = 100 Pa; 1 Pa = 0.01 mb

Celsius: oC = K – 273.15; K = oC + 273.15

Fahrenheit: oF = 9/5(oC) + 32; oC = 5/9(oF-32)

USEFUL NUMERICAL CONSTANTS

Universal Gas Constant (R) 8.3143 J K-1 mol-1

Stefan-Boltzmann constant (s) 56.696 x 10-9 W m-2 K-4

Planck constant (h) 0.66262 x 10-33 J s

Velocity of light (c) 299.8 x 106 m s-1

Solar constant 1.38 x 103 W m-2

Wien’s constant 2897 mm

Acceleration due to gravity 9.80665 m s-2

Molecular weight of dry air 28.97 g mol-1

Density of dry air 1.209 kg m-3

Specific heat of air at constant pressure (Cp) 1004 J K-1 kg-1

Gas constant for dry air (Rd) 287 J kg-1 K-1

Standard atmospheric pressure 101.3 kPa

Molecular weight of water 18.016 g mol-1

Gas constant for water vapor (Rv) 461 J kg-1 K-1

Specific heat of water vapor at constant pressure 1952 J K-1 kg-1

Latent heat of vaporization (L) 2.50 x 106 J kg-1

Name Symbol Value

· atomic mass constant mu 1.660539x10-27 kg
· Avogadro constant NA 6.022142x1023 /mol
· Bohr magneton mB 9.274009x10-24 J/T
· Bohr radius a0 5.291772x10-11 m
· Boltzmann constant k 1.380650x10-23 J/K
· conductance quantum G0 7.748092x10-5 S
· electric permittivity constant 0 1/(m0·c2) = 8.85418781...x10-12 F/m
· electron Compton wavelength c 2.426310x10-12 m
· electron magnetic moment me 9.284764x10-24
· electron radius (classical) re 2.817940x10-15 m
· electron rest mass me 9.109382x10-31 kg
· electron volt eV 1.602176x10-19 J
· elementary charge e 1.602176x10-19 C
· Euler's constant  0.577215664901532...
· Faraday constant F 9.648524x104 C/mol
· fine-structure constant  7.297353x10-3
· first radiation constant c1 3.741771x10-16 W/m2
· golden ratio  1.618033988749894...
· gravitational constant G 6.6732x10-11 N-m2/kg2
· Josephson constant KJ 4.835979x1014 Hz/V
· magnetic flux quantum 0 2.067834x10-15 Wb
· magnetic permeability constant m0 4 x10-7 = 1.2566370614...x10-6 H/m
· natural log base e 2.718281828459045...
· neutron magnetic moment mn 9.662364x10-27 J/T
· neutron rest mass mn 1.674927x10-27 kg
· nuclear magneton mN 5.050783x10-27 J/T
· pi  3.14159265358979323846264...
· Planck constant h 6.626069x10-34 J-s
· proton Compton wavelength c,p 1.321410x10-15 m
· proton magnetic moment mp 1.410607x10-26 J/T
· proton rest mass mp 1.672622x10-27 kg
· Rydberg constant 1.097373x107 /m
· second radiation constant c2 1.438775x10-2 m-K
· speed of light in vacuum c 2.99792458x108 m/s
· standard volume of ideal gas V0 2.24136x10-2 m3/mol
· Stefan-Boltzmann constant s 5.670400x10-8 W/m2-K4
· universal gas constant R 8.314472 J/mol-K
· Wien displacement law constant b 2.897769x10-3 m-K

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