TABLE OF CONTENTS | Quantity/dimension | SI unit and symbol |
|---|---|
| Length | metre (m) |
| Mass | kilogram (kg) |
| Time | second (s) |
| Temperature | kelvin (K) |
| Electric current | ampere (A) |
| Amount of substance | moles (mol) (need also to specify associated atoms, molecules, or whatever) |
| Light intensity | candela (cd) |
| Quantity/dimension | SI unit | Symbol | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Force | newton | N | kg m/s 2 |
| Pressure | pascal | Pa | N/m 2 |
| Energy, work | joule | J | Nm |
| Power | watt | W | J/s |
| Unit | Symbol |
|---|---|
| Area | m 2 |
| Concentration (of amount of substance) | mol/m 3 |
| Density | kg/m 3 |
| Surface tension | N/m |
| Velocity | m/s |
| Viscosity (dynamic) | Pa s |
| Viscosity (kinematic) | m 2/s |
| Volume | m 3 |
| Mass | 1kg = 2.2 lb |
| Length | 1m = 3.208 ft |
| 25.4 mm = 1 in | |
| Volume | 1 m 3 = 35.3ft 3 |
| Liquid measure | 1 m 3 = 220 imp. gal = 263.7 US gal |
| Force | 1N = 0.225 lb f |
| Pressure | 1 N/mm 2 = 145 lb f/in 2 |
| 1 Pa = 1 N/m 2 = 0.000145 lb f/in 2 | |
| Power | 1 kW = 1.341 HP |
| Volume flows | 1 m 3/s = 220.4 imp. gal/s = 19.04 Mgal/day |
| Energy | 1J = 0.732 ft lb f |
| 1 kJ = 0.948 Btu |
