Units and Conversions
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The International System of Units (SI) contains seven BASE UNITS that each represent a different kind of physical quantity.
- SI unit: meter (m)
- The meter defined as "the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second."
- SI unit: cubic meter (m3)
- The cubic meter is defined as the volume of a cube with edges one meter in length. A liter is exactly 1/1000th of a cubic meter.
- SI unit: kilogram (kg)
- The kilogram is defined as being equal to the mass of the International Prototype of the Kilogram (manufactured in 1799).
- SI unit: pascal (Pa)
- The pascal is a derived from other units
1Pa=1kgm⋅s2
- SI unit: kelvin (K)
- The kelvin is defined as the fraction 1⁄273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water (exactly 0.01 °C).
- SI unit: joule (J)
- The joule is derived from other units
1J=1kgm2s2