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This document provides definitions for standard units of measurement in physics and related fields. It lists 24 units including mass, length, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, and others. For each unit it gives the SI and British system names, symbols, definitions, and examples. The document aims to concisely define the core standardized units used across various scientific disciplines.

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Notebook 1 Revised

This document provides definitions for standard units of measurement in physics and related fields. It lists 24 units including mass, length, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, and others. For each unit it gives the SI and British system names, symbols, definitions, and examples. The document aims to concisely define the core standardized units used across various scientific disciplines.

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Notebook #1

REVISED
Units of Measurement

Mass

Quantity

Length
Time
Electric current
Temperature

Amount of substance
Luminous intensity
Absorbed dose

Charge
Electric potential
Dose equivalent
Energy
Exposure

Frequency

Force
Magnetic flux
Magnetic flux density
Power

Radioactivity

Definition
Amount or quantity of
matter
Distance that light
travels in a vacuum in
1/299,792,485 second
Measured by vibrations
of cesium-133 atoms
(atomic clock)
Quantity or number of
electrons flowing
Measure of thermal
energy (heat)
Measure of material
that has a definite and
constant composition
Measure of light emitted
from material in
response to excitation
1 joule of energy
absorbed in each
kilogram of absorbing
material; the patients
dose
Electrical characteristic
of atomic particle
(positive or negative)
Strength of electron flow
Product of the absorbed
dose and the radiation
weighting factor; the
RTs dose
Ability to do work
Quantity of x-rays or
gamma rays required to
produce a given amount
of ionization (charge) in
a unit mass of air; dose
produced by x-ray
machine
Number of waves that
pass a particular point in
given time frame;
number of cycles per
second
Force fields created
when magnetic dipoles
orient to create a
magnet
Measure of strength of
magnetic field
Total amount of energy
available in an electric
circuit
The number of
radioactive atoms that
undergo decay per unit
time; disintegrations per
second (dps)

SI Name (Symbol)
kilogram (kg)

British Name (Symbol)


N/A

kg = 1,000g

second (s)

N/A

s = 1,000ms

ampere (A)

N/A

A = 1,000mA

mole (mol)

N/A

meter (m)

kelvin (K)

N/A

N/A

Example

m = 100cm

candela (cd)

N/A

gray (Gy)

rad (rad)

coulomb (C)

esu

volt (v)
sievert (Sv)

N/A
rem (rem)

v = J/C
Sv = Gy x Factor

joule (J)
coulomb/kilogram (C/kg)

ft/lb
roentgen (R)

work = force x distance


C/kg

hertz (Hz)

cycles per second

velocity = frequency x
wavelength

newton (N)
weber (Wb)

N/A
N/A

Wb = 108 lines of flux

tesla (T)

gauss

T = Wb/m2

bequerel (Bq)

curie (Ci)

Bq = disintegrations/second

watt (W)

N/A

Gy = J/kg

W=Axv

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