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S I UNITS
(I) Units of Length
Unit Symbol Magnitude
S I UNITS nanometer nm 10-9m
micrometer µm 10-6m
millimeter mm 10-3m
SYMBOLS FOR  SI UNITS centimeter cm 10-2m
Compiled by  decimeter dm 10-1m
Prof. J N Joshi meter m m
kilometer km 103m

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(II) Units of Area (III) Units of Volume
Unit Symbol Magnitude Unit Symbol Magnitude
square millimeter mm2 10-6m2 cubic millimeter mm3 10-9m3
square centimeter cm2 10-4m2 cubic centimeter mL 10-6m3
square meter
t m2 m2 cubic
bi ddecimeter
i t L 10-33m3
Are Are 102m2 cubic meter m3 m3
hectare ha 104m2 hectare meter ha-m 104m3
kilometer square km2 106m2

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(IV) Units of Velocity (V) Units of Mass
Unit Symbol Magnitude Unit Symbol Magnitude
meter per second m/s m/s Nanogram ng 10-9g
kilometer per hour km/h 103m/h microgram µg 10-6g
milligram
illi mg 10-33g
gram g g
kilogram kg 103 g
mega gram Mg 106g

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(VI) Units of Force (VII) Units of Pressure
Unit Symbol Magnitude Unit Symbol Magnitude
Newton N 0.102kg Pascal Pa N/m2
kilo Pascal kPa kN/m2
g
nanogram ngg 10-12kgg
kilogram per square-
kil
microgram µg 10-9kg kg/cm2 kg/cm2
centimeter
milligram mg 10-6kg
gram g 10-3 kg
kilogram kg 1 kg
mega gram Mg 103kg

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(VIII) Units of Acceleration (IX) Units of Temperature
Unit Symbol Magnitude Unit Symbol Magnitude
meter per square degree Celsius
second m/s2 (m/s)/s (centigrade) 0C 1 0C
degree Kelvin K

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(X) Units of Time (XI) Units of Flow rate
Unit Symbol Magnitude Unit Symbol Magnitude
second s 1/3600 h Liters per second L/s 10-3m3/s
minute min 1/60 h cubic meter per
h
hour h h second m3/s m3/s
day d 24 h cubic meter per day m3/d m3/d
year y 365d million liter per day ML/d 10 6L/d

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(XII) Units of Energy (XIII) Units of Power
Unit Symbol Magnitude Unit Symbol Magnitude
Joule J Ws watt W J/s
kilo Joule kJ kWs kilowatt kW kJ/s
megajoule
j l MJ MW
MWs megawatt tt MW MJ/
MJ/s
kilowatt hour kWh kWh

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(XIV) Units of Concentration
Unit Symbol Magnitude
nanogram per Liter ng/L 10-9g/L
microgram per Liter µg/L 10-6g/L
milligram
illi per Lit
Liter mg/L
/L 10-33g/L
/L
nanogram per cubic
meter ng/m3 10-9g/m3
microgram per
cubic meter µg/m3 10-6g/m3
milligram per cubic
meter mg/m3 10-3g/m3

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