MEASUREMENT

S.I. UNITS
• Le system International d’unites

• A modification of the older French metric

system.
 Base Units
Base units are considered so because
they are not derived from any pre-
existing number or formula. We
need to be able to discuss things
like distance, temperature and
time, and we do so by agreeing to a
reliable definition of some basic
(base!) facts.
 Base Units

•Length
 Base Units

•Length
Meter
 Base Units

•Length
Meter
(m)
 Base Units

•Mass
 Base Units

•Mass
Kilogram
 Base Units

•Mass
Kilogram
(kg)
 Base Units

•Time
 Base Units

•Time
Seconds
 Base Units

•Time
Seconds
(s)
 Base Units

•Temperature
 Base Units

•Temperature
Kelvin
 Base Units

•Temperature
Kelvin
(K)
 Base Units

• Amount of Substance
 Base Units

• Amount of Substance
mole
 Base Units

• Amount of Substance
mole
(mol)
 Base Units

•Electric Current
 Base Units

•Electric Current
Ampere
 Base Units

•Electric Current
Ampere
(A)
 Base Units

•Luminous Intensity
 Base Units

•Luminous Intensity
candela
 Base Units

•Luminous Intensity
candela
(cd)
 Derived Units

•Area
 First Derivative

•Area
length squared
 Derived Units

•Area
length squared
(m )
2
 Second Derivative

•Volume
 Second Derivative

•Volume
length cubed
 Second Derivative

•Volume
length cubed
(m )
3
 Derived Units

•Density
 Derived Units

•Density
mass per unit volume
 Derived Units

•Density
mass per unit volume

(kg/m ) 3
 First Derivative

•Speed (velocity)
 Derived Units

•Speed (velocity)
distance traveled per unit time
 Second Derivative

•Speed (velocity)
distance traveled per unit time

(m/s)
 Third Derivative

•Acceleration
 Third Derivative

•Acceleration
speed changed per unit time
 Derived Units

•Acceleration
speed changed per unit time

(m/s ) 2
 Derived Units

•Force
 Derived Units

•Force
mass times acceleration of an object
 Derived Units

•Force
mass times acceleration of an object

(kg m/s ) 2
 Derived Units

•Force
• Note:
(kg m/s2) = Newton (N)
 Derived Units

•Pressure
 Derived Units

•Pressure
Force per unit area
 Derived Units

•Pressure
Force per unit area
(kg /m s ) or N/m
2 2
 Derived Units

•Pressure
Note:

(kg /m s2) = N/m2 = Pascal (Pa)

 Derived Units

•Energy
 Derived Units

•Energy
Force times distance traveled
 Derived Units

•Energy
Force times distance traveled

(kg m /s )
2 2
 Derived Units

•Energy
Note:

(kg m /s ) = Joule (J)

2 2
 Other Units to Know About

• Length

–Angstrom (Å) = 10-10m

 Other Units to Know About
• Pressure
Atmosphere (atm) def.- the pressure
exerted by the earth’s armosphere at sea
level on an average day.
torr or mm of Mercury (mmHg) def.-the
pressure exerted by a column of
mercury (Hg) 1 mm high.
 Other Units to Know About

• Temperature
3 common scales
Fahrenheit
Celsius
Kelvin
 Temperature
In the fahrenheit scale, what
is the temperature of
freezing and boiling water?
 Temperature
Freezing Pt Boiling Pt
32 °F 212 °F
 Temperature
Other Units to Know About

•In
Length
the Celsius scale, what is
the temperature of freezing
and boiling water?
–Angstrom (Å) = 10 m
-10
 Temperature
Freezing Pt Boiling Pt
32 °F 212 °F
0 °C 100 °C
 Temperature
In the Kelvin scale, what is
the temperature of
freezing and boiling
water?
 Temperature
Freezing Pt Boiling Pt
32 °F 212 °F
0 °C 100 °C
273.15 K 373.15 K
 Temperature
• Formulas for converting scales

°C + 273.15 = K

1.8(°C ) + 32 = °F
 Other units to know about

• Volume
Liter (l) = 1 dm3
1 l = 1.06 qt
1 ml = 1 cm 3