Common Metric Units
Common Metric (SI) Units include the following:
Acceleration | meter per second squared | (m/s2) |
Amount of substance | mole | mol |
Angle | radian | (r) |
Angular Acceleration | radian per second squared | (r/s2) |
Angular Velocity | radian per second | (r/s) |
Area | square meter | (m2) |
Density | kilogram per cubic meter | (kg/m3) |
Electrical Current | ampere | A |
Energy | Joule | (J) or (N-m) |
Force | Newton | (N) or (kg-m/s2) |
Frequency | Hertz | (Hz) or (1/s) |
Impulse | Newton-second | (kg-m/s) |
Length | meter | (m) |
Luminous intensity | candela | cd |
Mass | kilogram | (kg) |
Moment of a Force | Newton-meter | (N-m) |
Power | Watt | (W) or (J/s) |
Pressure | Pascal | (Pa) or (N/m2) |
Stress | Pascal | (Pa) or (N/m2) |
Temperature | kelvin | K |
Time | second | (s) |
Velocity | meter per second | (m/s) |
Volume (solids) | cubic meter | (m3) |
Volume (liquids) | liter | (L) or (10-3 m3) |
Work | Joule | (J) or (N-m) |