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General Chemistry

Zildjian C. Pactol
Systems of Measurement
• Systems of measurements are used by people in giving descriptions about
physical quantities, such as mass, length and volume.

• We will study two systems of measurements: the English System and the
International System of Units, which is commonly called the SI and the
metric system.
• SI acronym comes from the French version of the International System of
Units, which is Système International d'Unités
The International System of Units
• There are seven base units. Other units are called derived units.
Physical Quantity SI Base Unit Symbol
Length meter m
Mass kilogram kg
Time second S
Electric current ampere A
Thermodynamic Kelvin K
temperature
Luminous intensity candela cd
Amount of substance mole mol
Several Derived Units of the SI
Physical Quantity SI Base Unit Symbol
Area Square meters m2
Volume Cubic meter m3
Density Kilogram per cubic meter kg/m3
Speed Meter per second m/s
Energy Joule J
Force Newton N
Power Watt W
Pressure Pascal Pa
Quantity of electricity coulomb C

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