Monday, 3 March 2014

Physical quantites and units

Hi guys, today I will be posting about physical quantities and SI units.

You must be wondering, what is a physical quantity?

Well, "physical quantity (or "physical magnitude") is a physical property of a phenomenon body, or substance, that can be quantified by measurement".

"Most physical quantities include a unit, but not all - some are dimensionless. Neither the name of a physical quantity, nor the symbol used to denote it, implies a particular choice of unit, though SI units are usually preferred and assumed today due to their ease of use and all-round applicability. For example, a quantity of mass might be represented by the symbol m, and could be expressed in the units kilograms (kg), pounds (lb), or daltons (Da)."

These are the base quantities:

What are SI units?
"The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from FrenchLe Système international d'unités) is the modern form of the metric system and is the world's most widely used system of measurement, used in both everyday commerce and science. It comprises a coherent system of units of measurement built around seven base units, 22 named and an indeterminate number of unnamed coherent derived units, and a set of prefixes that act as decimal-based multipliers."

Here are some prefixes:
So, how do we convert units? Watch the video below to find out more!



Thanks for viewing!
Pictures and videos from google and youtube respectively
Some information from wikipedia


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