Table of Contents
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Forward
The BIPM and the Meter Convention
Preface to the 8th Edition |
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Introduction |
| 1.1 |
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Quantities and units |
| 1.2 |
The International System of Units (SI) and the corresponding system of quantities |
| 1.3 |
Dimensions of quantities |
| 1.4 |
Coherent units, derived units with special names, and the SI prefixes |
| 1.5 |
SI units in the framework of general relativity |
| 1.6 |
Units for quantities that describe biological effects |
| 1.7 |
Legislation on units |
| 1.8 |
Historical note |
| 2 |
SI units |
| 2.1 |
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SI base units |
| 2.1.1 |
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Definitions |
| 2.1.1.1 |
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Unit of length (meter) |
| 2.1.1.2 |
Unit of mass (kilogram) |
| 2.1.1.3 |
Unit of time (second) |
| 2.1.1.4 |
Unit of electric current (ampere) |
| 2.1.1.5 |
Unit of thermodynamic temperature (kelvin) |
| 2.1.1.6 |
Unit of amount of substance (mole) |
| 2.1.1.7 |
Unit of luminous intensity (candela) |
| 2.1.2 |
Symbols for base units |
| 2.2 |
SI derived units |
| 2.2.1 |
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Derived Units expressed in terms of base units |
| 2.2.2 |
Units with special names and symbols;
units which incorporate units with special names and symbols |
| 2.2.3 |
Units for dimensionless quantities, quantities of dimension one |
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Decimal multiples and submultiples of SI units |
| 3.1 |
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SI prefixes |
| 3.2 |
The kilogram |
| 4 |
Units outside the SI |
| 4.1 |
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Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI, and units based on fundamental constants |
| 4.2 |
Other non-SI units not recommended for use |
| 4.3 |
The curie, roentgen, rad, and rem |
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Writing unit symbols and names, and expressing the values of quantities |
| 5.1 |
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Unit symbols |
| 5.2 |
Unit names |
| 5.3 |
Rules and style conventions for expressing values of quantities |
| 5.3.1 |
Value and numerical value of a quantity, and the use of quantity calculus |
| 5.3.2 |
Quantity symbols and unit symbols |
| 5.3.3 |
Formatting the value of a quantity |
| 5.3.4 |
Formatting numbers, and the decimal marker |
| 5.3.5 |
Expressing the measurement uncertainty in the value of a quantity |
| 5.3.6 |
Multiplying or dividing quantity symbols, the values of quantities, or numbers |
| 5.3.7 |
Stating values of dimensionless quantities, or quantities of dimension one |
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| Appendix 1 - Decisions of the CGPM and the CIPM |
| Appendix 2 - Practical realization of the definitions of some important units |
| Appendix 3 - Units for photochemical and photobiological quantities |
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| List of acronyms |
| Index |
