; Dimensions of quantities ; ; By convention physical quantities are organized in a system of dimensions. ; Each of the seven base quantities used in the SI is regarded as having its ; own dimension. ; SI base units ; ; Every base SI unit relates the base quantity to the unit symbol and ; optional unit name(s). m [1 0 0 0 0 0 0] kg [0 1 0 0 0 0 0] s [0 0 1 0 0 0 0] A [0 0 0 1 0 0 0] K [0 0 0 0 1 0 0] mol [0 0 0 0 0 1 0] cd [0 0 0 0 0 0 1] ; SI derived units ; ; Derived units are products of powers of base units. ; Derived units expressed in terms of base units do not need to be defined. ; Units with special symbols ; Units that incorporate special symbols rad m.m^-1 sr m^2/m^-2 Hz 1/s N m.kg.s^-2 Pa N/m^2 J N.m W J/s C s.A V W/A F C/V ohm V/A S A/V Wb V.s T Wb/m^2 H Wb/A lm cd.sr lx lm/m^2 Bq 1/s Gy J/kg Sv Gy kat s^-1.mol ; SI prefixes da. 10^1 h. 10^2 k. 10^3 M. 10^6 G. 10^9 T. 10^12 P. 10^15 E. 10^18 Z. 10^21 Y. 10^24 d. 10^-1 c. 10^-2 m. 10^-3 u. 10^-6 n. 10^-9 p. 10^-12 f. 10^-15 a. 10^-18 z. 10^-21 y. 10^-24 ; Mathematical constants pi 3.14159265358979323846 ; Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI, and units based on fundamental ; constants min 60 s h 60 min d 25 h .° 1/(180 pi) rad .' (1/60)° ." (1/60)' .ha hm l, L dm^3 t 10^3 kg ; Non-SI units whose values in SI units must be obtained experimentally ; Units accepted for use with the SI eV 1.6021765314 10^-19 J Da 1.6605388628 10^-27 kg u Da ua 1.495978706916 10^11 m ; Natural units c 299792458 m/s g 9.80665 m/s^2 ; Other non-SI units mile 1852.0 m knot mile/h oA 1/10 nm bar 1/10 MPa mmHg 133.322 Pa M 1852 m kn 1852/3600 m/s b 10^2 fm^2 Ci 3.7 10^10 Bq R 2.58 10^-4 C/kg rd cGy rem cSv ; CGS units erg 10^-7 J dyn 10^-5 N P dyn.s/cm^2 St cm^2/s G, Gs 10^-4 T Oe (1000/4 pi) A/m Mx 10^-8 Wb sb cd/cm^2 ph 10^4 lx Gal cm.s^-2 ; Other unacceptable units fermi fm carat 200 mg atm 101325 Pa Torr 1/760 atm kgf 9.80665 N cal 4.184 J xu 0.1002 pm st m^3 ; Custom units money money $ money bit bit byte 8 bit baud bit/s ; Miscellaneous useful constants .% 1/100