Physical Quanties and Units

Base Units (Quantity) e.g. Mass
- Mass
- Length
- Time
- Temp
- Current
- Amount of Substance
Base Units (Unit and Symbol)
- Mass Kilogram kg
- Length Metre m
- Time Second s
- Temp Kelvin K
- Current Ampere A
- Amount of Substance Mole Mol
Prefixes with names and symbols
- 10^-12Pico p
- 10^-9 Nano n
- 10^-6 Micro (can't be typed)
- 10^-3 Milli m
- 10^-2 Centi c
- 10³ Kilo k
- 10⁶ Mega M
- 10⁹ Giga G
- 10¹² Tera T
Important derived units: Newtons eqn
- Weight = Mass x Gravity
- N = kg x ms^-2
- ^{_{Gravity = -9.81ms}-2}

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2009-12-06T19:55:20Z

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