International System of Units of Physical Quantity
SI | Quantity | Symbol |
kilogram | Unit of weight | Kg |
meter | Unit of length | M |
seconds | Unit of Time | S |
ampere | Unit of Electric current | A |
candela | Unit of luminous intensity | Cd |
mole | Unit of amount of substance | Mol |
kelvin | Unit of temperature | K |
angstrom | Unit of wavelength | A |
atomic weight | Weight of an atom of hydrogen | – |
bar | Unit of atmospheric pressure | – |
calorie | Unit of heat | – |
horse power | Practical unit of power | – |
joule | Unit of work or energy | J |
knot | Measure to know the speed of a ship | – |
light year | Unit of Astronomical distance | Ly |
nautical mile | A unit of distance used in Navigation | – |
pressure | Pascal | Pa |
quintal | Metric measure of weighs | – |
volt | Unit of Potential difference | V |
watt | Unit of power | W |
adian | Unit of angle | rad |
steredian | Unit of solid angle | Sr |
newton | Unit of force | N |
square meter | Unit of area | M2 |
cubic meter | Unit of volume | M3 |
meter per second | Unit of speed | Ms-2 |
Ohm | Unit of electric resistance | – |
farad | Unit of electrical capacity | F |
henry | Unit of magnetic flux | H |
weber | Unit of magnetic flux | Wb |
lumen | Luminous flux or photometric power | Lm |
newton per meter | Unit of Surface tension | Nm-1 |
Newton second per square m. | Unit of Viscosity | N.s.m-2 |
Coulomb | Unit of electric charge | C |
Hertz | Unit of Frequency | Hz |
Kilogram square meter | Unit of moment of inertia | Kgm2 |
newton second | impulse | Ns |
watt per meter per degree Celsius | Unit of thermal conductivity | Wm-1C-1 |
joule per kilogram per Kelvin | Unit of specific heat capacity | Jkg-1K-1 |
lux | Unit of Illumination | lx |