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This document defines various units used in science and engineering across seven base quantities and several derived quantities. It provides the International System of Units (SI) symbols and definitions for units of mass, length, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, and more. It also lists common British/English units and conversion formulas between SI units and British units for quantities like mass, length, temperature, volume, velocity, and others. For radiologic units specifically, it defines units of absorbed dose, dose equivalent, exposure, and radioactivity along with their SI and alternative symbols.

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Type Unit SI/Symbol British/Symbol Formulas: RTE 141 Christina Swanson 1

This document defines various units used in science and engineering across seven base quantities and several derived quantities. It provides the International System of Units (SI) symbols and definitions for units of mass, length, time, electric current, temperature, amount of substance, and more. It also lists common British/English units and conversion formulas between SI units and British units for quantities like mass, length, temperature, volume, velocity, and others. For radiologic units specifically, it defines units of absorbed dose, dose equivalent, exposure, and radioactivity along with their SI and alternative symbols.

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Type

Unit

Definition

SI/Symbol

British/Symbol

Formulas

Base

Mass

Quantity of matter. This is


a fundamental unit. These
are made up of 7 major
base quantities, which are
assumed to be
independent.

Kilogram/Kg

Pound/lb

Converting these
specific quantities occur
daily. Conversion from
amount to equal another
amount. For example
changing SI unit for
temperature to the
british unit for heat.
Kelvin to Fahrenheit
(k-273.15) *1.8+32
which is the formula to
convert it.
m = F/accel

Quantities

Length

Measurement of length.

Meter/m

Time

Measurement of time.

Second/s

t = t2-t1

Electric current

Flow of electric charge


across a surface at the rate
of one coulomb per
second.
Measurement of thermal
energy.

Ampere/A

a = kw/v

Measurement of a
substance.

Mole/mol

Temperature
Amount of Substance

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Kelvin/K

Foot/ft

Fahrenheit/F

k= (F+459.67) x5/9

Derived

Mass density

Measurement of an
object(s) mass per
volume. These are
quantities obtained from
the base 7 through a
system of equations.
The amount of space an
objects mass per volume.

Kilogram per
cubic meter.
Kg/m^3

Pound per cubic


feet.
lb/ft^3

Cubic meter/
m^3

Cubic feet/
ft^3

Velocity

The rate at which an


object is moving.

Feet per second.


ft/s

velocity = frequency
wavelength

Charge

The physical property of


matter that causes it to
experience a force when
placed in an
electromagnetic field.
The amount of potential
energy per unit of charge.
(ohms law)
Property of objects that
can be transferred by not
created nor destroyed.
The number of waves that
pass a point in each time
frame.
To push or pull upon an
object resulting from the
objects interaction with
another object.

Meter per
second.
m/s
Coulomb/C

Statcoulomb/esu

c = ax

Volume

Electric potential

Energy

Frequency

Force

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Volt/v

Conversion will occur


within this section of
the SI unit as well.

Volt =resistancecurrent

Joule/J

Foot per pound.


Ft/lb

J =1kg(m/s) ^2

Hertz/Hz

Cycles per
second/cps

f = 1cycle/time

Newton/N

force=massacceleration

Power

P is work done in a unit


time.

Watt/W

p = W/t

TYPE

UNIT

DEFINITION

SI/SYMBOL

BRITISH SYMBOL FORMULAS

Radiologic

Absorbed dose

Unit of absorbed
energy or dose,
Quantities used to
measure certain
things in radiology.
Product of the
absorbed dose in
gray and the
radiation weighting
factor.
Units of exposure

Gray/Gy

Rad

Gy/0.0 = rad

Sievert/Sv

Rem

Sv/0.01 = rem

Coulomb/C

Roentgen

C/ (2.5810^-4)

Dose Equivalent

Exposure
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Radioactivity

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in air
Unit for activity

Becquerel/BQ

Curie

Bq/ (3.710^10) =
curie

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