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Summary of Key Quantities

Candidates will be expected to be familiar with the following quantities, their symbols, their
units, and their interrelationships. They should also be able to perform calculations and
deal with questions involving these quantities as indicated in the detailed syllabus. The list
should not be considered exhaustive.

Basic quantities
USUAL USUAL USUAL
QUANTITY USUAL UNIT QUANTITY
SYMBOLS SYMBOLS UNIT

Mass Electric current

Thermodynamic
Length
temperature

Time Amount of material

Other quantities
Change of internal
Distance
energy
Displacement Power
Area Pressure
Volume Torque
Gravitational
Density
constant
Gravitational field
Speed
strength
Gravitational
Velocity
potential
Acceleration Moment of inertia
Angular
Acceleration of free fall
displacement.

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Force Angular speed

Weight Angular velocity

Momentum Angular acceleration
Work Angular momentum
Energy Period s
Potential energy Frequency Hz
Heat Angular frequency
Electric potential Wavelength m
Speed of
Electric potential
electromagnetic
difference
waves
Electromotive force Electric charge
Resistance Elementary charge
Resistivity Current density
Surface charge density Normal stress
Conductance Refractive index

Conductivity Critical angle

Electric field strength Focal length

Permittivity Object distance
Permittivity of free
Image distance
space
Relative permittivity Magnification power
Capacitance Temperature
Time constant Celsius temperature
Magnetic flux Heat capacity
Magnetic flux density Specific heat capacity
Self-inductance Latent heat
Mutual inductance Special latent heat
Reactance Molar heat capacity
Impedance Principal molar heat

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capacities
Permeability Molar gas constant
Permeability of free
Boltzmann constant
space
Relative permeability Avogadro constant
Force constant Number density
Young modulus Thermal conductivity
Tension Planck constant
Half life Work function
Activity of
Atomic mass
radioactive source
Relative atomic mass Decay constant
Electron mass Molar mass
Unified atomic mass
Neutron mass
constant
Relative molecular
Proton mass
mass
Mass number (nucleon Atomic number
number) (proton number)
Neutron number

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