EXPRESSION IN DERIVED NAME SYMBOL TERMS OF BASE QUANTITY UNITS Moment of Force Newton Meter N m kg m2 / s2 • • Surface Tension Newton Per Meter N / m kg / s2 Heat Capacity, Joule Per Kelvin J / K kg m2 / s2 / K • Entropy Specific Heat, Joule Per Kilogram J / kg m2 / s2 Specific Energy Specific Heat Capacity, Joule Per Kilogram Kelvin J / (kg K) m2 / s2 / K • Specific Entropy Thermal Conductivity Watt Per Meter Kelvin W / (m K) kg m / s3 / K • • Energy Density Per Cubic Meter J / m3 kg / m / s2 Electric Charge Coulomb Per Cubic Meter C / m3 A s / m3 • Density Molar Energy Joule Per Mole J / mol kg m2 / s2 / mol • Molar Entropy Joule Per Mole Kelvin J / (mol K) kg m2 / s2 / mol / K • • () This table shows the accepted prefixes that precede the base- or derived units in the SI system, their names, symbols and number. Power Unit Actual of Ten Name Symbol Number 1024 Y 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1021 zetta Z 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1018 exa E 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 1015 peta P 1,000,000,000,000,000 1012 tera T 1,000,000,000,000 109 giga G 1,000,000,000 106 mega M 1,000,000 103 kilo k 1,000 102 hecto h 100 101 deka da 10 100 1 10–1 deci d .1 10–2 c .01 10–3 milli m .001 10–6 micro .000 001 μ 10–9 nano n .000 000 001 10–12 pico p .000 000 000 001 10–15 femto f .000 000 000 000 001 10–18 atto a .000 000 000 000 000 001 10–21 zepto z .000 000 000 000 000 000 001 10–24 y .000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
DERIVED QUANTITY NAME SYMBOL EXPRESSION IN TERMS OF BASE UNITS Moment of Force Newton Meter N • m kg • m2 / s2 Surface Tension Newton Per Meter N / m kg / s2 Heat Capacity, Entropy Joule Per Kelvin J / K kg • m2 / s2 / K Specific Heat, Specific Energy Joule Per Kilogram J / kg m2 / s2 Specific Heat Capacity, Specific Entropy Joule Per Kilogram Kelvin J / (kg • K) m2 / s2 / K Thermal Conductivity Watt Per Meter Kelvin W / (m • K) kg • m / s3 / K Energy Density Per Cubic Meter J / m3 kg / m / s2 Electric Charge Density Coulomb Per Cubic Meter C / m3 A • s / m3 Molar Energy Joule Per Mole J / mol kg • m2 / s2 / mol Molar Entropy Joule Per Mole Kelvin J / (mol • K) kg • m2 / s2 / mol / K () This table shows the accepted prefixes that precede the base- or derived units in the SI system, their names, symbols and number. Power of Ten Unit Name Symbol Actual Number 1024 Y 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1021 zetta Z 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 1018 exa E 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 1015 peta P 1,000,000,000,000,000 1012 tera T 1,000,000,000,000 109 giga G 1,000,000,000 106 mega M 1,000,000 103 kilo k 1,000 102 hecto h 100 101 deka da 10 100 1 10–1 deci d .1 10–2 c .01 10–3 milli m .001 10–6 micro μ .000 001 10–9 nano n .000 000 001 10–12 pico p .000 000 000 001 10–15 femto f .000 000 000 000 001 10–18 atto a .000 000 000 000 000 001 10–21 zepto z .000 000 000 000 000 000 001 10–24 y .000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001
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