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Units of Measurement

The document discusses measurement units and systems. It introduces the International System of Units (SI) as the standard system used worldwide based on metric units. The SI units for common measurements like length, mass, time, temperature and electric current are defined. It also describes the less commonly used English measurement system and provides conversions between SI and English units. It then defines metric prefixes and explains the differences between mass and weight and how to calculate volume and convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin temperature scales.

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Units of Measurement

The document discusses measurement units and systems. It introduces the International System of Units (SI) as the standard system used worldwide based on metric units. The SI units for common measurements like length, mass, time, temperature and electric current are defined. It also describes the less commonly used English measurement system and provides conversions between SI and English units. It then defines metric prefixes and explains the differences between mass and weight and how to calculate volume and convert between Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin temperature scales.

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Measurements

We use measurements everyday in our lives. We measure gasoline, we buy meat


by kilogram, etc. In chemistry, all measurements are made in the metric systems or in its
expanded modernized version, the SI System, from the French le Systeme Internationale
d’ Unites. The main advantage of the SI system is that its decimal system where the units
are all multiples of ten or smaller units. In the English system there is no such common
number.

Units of Measurement
International Standards of Units (SI Units)
-the official system of measurement in almost every country in the world based
upon the metric system.

FUNDAMENTAL SI UNITS
Quantity Unit Symbol
Length Meter m
Mass Kilogram kg
Time Second s
Electric Current Ampere A
Temperature Kelvin K
Amount of Matter Mole mol
Luminous intensity Candela cd

English system
-a system of measurement commonly used in the United States.

ENGLISH UNITS
Quantity Unit Symbol
Length Inches, Feet, Miles in, ft, mi
Mass Pound, Ounce lb, oz
Time Second s
Temperature Fahrenheit F

Common SI – English Conversions

Quantity Metric English Conversion


1 lb = 454 g
Mass kg, g lb, oz 1 kg = 2.2 lb
1 oz = 28.35 g
1 in = 2.54 cm
1 m = 39.37 in
Length cm, m, km in, ft, mi 1 ft = 12 in
1 mi = 1.609 km
1 km = 0.62137 m
1 qt = 946 mL
1 L = 1.057 qt
1 L = 2.12 pints
qt, pints, cups, tsp, 1 L = 4.23 cups
Volume mL, L
tbsp, fl oz, gal 1 tsp = 4.93 mL
1 tbsp = 14.79 mL
1 fl oz = 29.6 mL
1 gal = 3.79 L

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Metric Prefixes and their Equivalents

Prefix Symbol Multiplying Factor Exponent


tera- T 1 000 000 000 000 1012
giga- G 1 000 000 000 109
mega- M 1 000 000 106
kilo- k 1 000 103
hecto- h 100 102
deca- da 10 10
unit
deci- d 0.1 10-1
centi- c 0.01 10-2
milli- m 0.001 10-3
micro- µ 0.000 001 10-6
nano- n 0.000 000 001 10-9
pico- p 0.000 000 000 001 10-12

Mass & Weight

Mass is defined as the amount of matter in an object. The mass of an object is a


fixed quantity that is independent of the object’s location.

Weight is the pull of gravity on an object and depends on the objects location.

Gravitational Pull
Earth = 9.8 m/s2
Mars = 3.7 m/s2
Moon = 1.62 m/s2

Volume is the amount of space occupied by an object. For a regularly shaped


solid, the volume is obtained by multiplying the solid’s length (l), width (w), and height
(h).

V=lxwxh

Temperature is the measure of the hotness or coldness of matter. It indicates the


heat energy of the particles in a substance.

ºC = 5/9 (ºF – 32)


ºF = 9/5 ºC + 32
K = ºC + 273.15

Note: Use this as your reference for the following topics in measurement.

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