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Physical Constants Units of Measure Physical Quantities SI Prefixes Ring Index General Formulae Exact Formulae Source Documents Terms by IUPAC Div.

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α-particle absolute activity \(\lambda\)absorbance \(A\)absorptance \(\alpha\)absorption coefficient absorption cross-section \(\sigma\)absorption factor absorption intensity acceleration \(a\)activation energy activity activity \(A\)activity \(a\)advancement affinity of reaction \(A\)amount concentration \(c\)amount fraction x (y for gaseous mixtures) amount of substance \(n\)amount-of-substance concentration amount-of-substance fraction \(x\)ampere \(\text{A}\)angle angle of optical rotation \(\alpha\)angular frequency \(\omega\)angular momentum \(L\)anode atmosphere atomic mass \(m_{\text{a}}\)atomic number \(Z\)atomic orbital \(\psi\),\(\varphi\),\(\chi\)atomic weight attenuance \(D\)attenuation coefficient atto

β-particle bar barn becquerel bohr bond order \(p_{\text{rs}}\)bulk strain

calorie candela \(\text{cd}\)capacitance \(C\)cathode Celsius temperature \(t\),\(\theta\)centi charge density \(\rho\)charge number \(z\)charge number \(n\),\(\nu _{\text{e}}\),\(z\)chemical amount chemical potential \(\mu _{\text{B}}\)chemical reaction equation clausius collision cross-section \(\sigma\)collision density \(Z_{\text{AA}}\)collision diameter \(d\)collision frequency \(z_{\text{A}}(\text{A})\)collision number compressibility factor compression factor \(Z\)conductance \(G\)conductivity \(\gamma\),\(\sigma \)coulomb \(\text{C}\)coulomb integral \(H_{\text{rr}}\)curie circular frequency concentration

dalton day debye deca decay constant deci decibel degeneracy degree Celsius degree Fahrenheit degree degree of dissociation degree of ionization degree of reaction \(\alpha\)density \(\rho\)deuteron dielectric constant dielectric polarization \(P\)diffusion coefficient \(D\)dimensionless quantities dipole length dipole moment dipole moment per volume disintegration constant disintegration energy \(Q\)dissociation energy \(E_{\text{d}}\),\(D\)dose equivalent \(H\)dynamic viscosity \(\eta\)dyne density of states D01593-0,D01593-1

electric charge \(Q\)electric conductance \(G\)electric conductivity electric current \(I\)electric current density \(j\)electric dipole moment \(p\)electric displacement \(D\)electric field (strength) \(E\)electric mobility \(u\),\(\mu \)electric polarizability \(\alpha\)electric potential \(V\)electric resistivity electrochemical potential electrode potential \(E\)electrokinetic potential \(\zeta\)electromotive force \(E\)electron electron affinity \(E_{\text{ea}}\)electronegativity electronvolt elementary charge \(e\)emittance \(\varepsilon\)energy \(E\)energy of activation enthalpy \(H\)enthalpy of activation \(\Delta ^{\ddagger}H^{\,\unicode{x26ac}}\)entropy \(S\)entropy unit equilibrium constant equilibrium distance erg exa extensive quantity extent of reaction \(\xi\)extinction extinction coefficient electric resistance E01936-0

farad femto fermi field level flow rate fluence \(F\),\(\varPsi \),\(H_{0}\)fluidity \(\phi\)flux \(J_{\text{X}}\)foot force \(F\)fraction franklin free energy frequency \(f\),\(\nu \)fugacity \(f\),\(\tilde{p}\)fugacity coefficient \(\phi\)FWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum)

Galvani potential difference gauss Gibbs energy (function) \(G\)giga gram gray

half life \(t_{1/2}\)hamiltonian operator \(\hat{H}\)hartree heat \(q\),\(Q\)heat capacity \(C\)heat flux \(J_{q}\)hecto helion Helmholtz energy (function) \(A\)henry hertz hour HWHM (Half Width at Half Maximum)

illuminance \(E\),\(E_{\text{v}}\)impact parameter \(b\)impedance \(Z\)inch inertial defect inner electric potential \(\phi\)intensity intensive quantity interfacial tension internal absorptance \(\alpha_{\text{i}}\)internal energy \(U\)international calorie ionic strength \(I\)ionization energy \(E_{\text{i}}\)ionization potential

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kelvin \(\text{K}\)kilo kilogram \(\text{kg}\)kinematic viscosity \(\nu\)kinetic energy \(E_{\text{k}}\)

length \(l\)level level width \(\mathit{\Gamma}\)line width linear (decadic) absorption coefficient linear attenuation coefficient linear strain \(\varepsilon\),\(e\)litre lumen luminous flux luminous intensity \(I_{\text{v}}\)luminous quantities lux

magnetic field strength \(H\)magnetic flux \(\mathit{\Phi}\)magnetic flux density \(B\)magnetic moment \(m\),\(\mu\)magnetic susceptibility \(\chi\)magnetizability \(\xi\)magnetogyric ratio \(\gamma\)mass \(m\)mass concentration \(\gamma\),\(\rho\)mass density mass excess \(\mathit{\Delta}\)mass fraction \(w\)mass number \(A\)mean free path \(\lambda\)mega metre \(\text{m}\)micro milli minute mobility \(\mu\)modulus of elasticity \(E\)molal molality \(m\),\(b\)molar molar refraction \(R\)molarity mole molecular orbital molecular weight moment of a force \(M\)moment of inertia \(I\),\(J\)momentum \(p\)muonium mutual inductance \(M\)

ångström nano neper neutrino neutron neutron number \(N\)newton normal stress \(\sigma\)nucleon number number concentration \(C\),\(n\)number density \(n\)number fraction number of entities \(N\)

ohm optical rotatory power orbital energy order of reaction \(n\)oscillator strength \(f_{ij}\)osmotic coefficient \(\phi\)osmotic pressure \(\mathit{\Pi}\)outer electric potential \(\psi\)overlap integral \(S_{\text{rs}}\)overpotential \(\eta\)

partial molar Gibbs energy partial molar quantity partial pressure partition function pascal percent period \(T\)permeability \(\mu\)permeability of vacuum \(\mu_{0}\)permittivity \(\varepsilon\)permittivity of vacuum peta photochemical yield photon photon quantities physical quantity pico plane angle poise positronium potential energy \(E_{\text{p}}\),\(V\)potential of a cell reaction power \(P\)power level pre-exponential factor \(A\)pressure \(p\)principal moments of inertia probability density \(P\)probability \(P\)proton

quantity calculus

rad radian radiant energy \(Q\)radiant energy density \(\rho\),\(w\)radiant quantities radioactivity rate of conversion \(\dot{\xi}\)reactance \(X\)reduced mass \(\mu\)reflection factor refractive index \(n\)relative activity relative atomic mass \(A_\text{r}\)relative density \(d\)relative elongation relative molar mass relative molecular mass \(M_{\text{r}}\)relative permeability \(\mu_{\text{r}}\)relative permittivity \(\varepsilon_{\text{r}}\)relaxation time rem resistivity \(\rho\)resolution resolving power \(R\)resonance integral \(H_{\text{rs}}\)röntgen rotational constants rotational term \(F\)

second \(\text{s}\)second sedimentation coefficient \(s\)self inductance \(L\)shear modulus \(G\)shear strain \(\gamma\)shear stress \(\tau\)shielding constant \(\sigma\)SI siemens sievert solid angle \(\varOmega\),\(\omega\)specific specific conductance specific surface area spectral intensity spectral quantities speed \(\nu\),\(c\)speed distribution function \(F\left(c\right)\)spin-orbit coupling constant \(A\)spin–spin coupling constant \(J_{\text{AB}}\)standard atomic weights standard chemical potential standard concentration standard electrode potential \(E^{\unicode{x26ac}}\)standard electromotive force standard entropy of activation \(\Delta ^{\ddagger}S^{\,\unicode{x26ac}}\),\(\Delta ^{\ddagger}S\)standard equilibrium constant \(K^{\unicode{x26ac}}\),\(K\)standard Gibbs energy of activation \(\Delta ^{\ddagger}G^{\,\unicode{x26ac}}\),\(\Delta ^{\ddagger}G\)standard molality \(m^{\unicode{x29B5}}\),\(m^{\,\unicode{x26ac}}\)standard potential of an electrode reaction standard potential of the reaction in a chemical cell standard pressure standard reaction quantities standard state standard thermodynamic quantities steradian stoichiometric number \(\nu\)stokes substance concentration surface amount \(n^{\text{s}}\),\(n^{\text{a}}\)surface charge density \(\sigma\)surface concentration \(\mathit{\Gamma}\)surface coverage \(\theta\)surface density \(\rho_{\text{A}}\),\(\rho_{\text{S}}\)surface electric potential surface excess \(n^{\sigma}\)surface excess concentration \(\mathit{\Gamma}\)surface pressure surface tension \(\gamma\),\(\sigma\)symmetry number \(s\)Système International d'Unités

temperature tera term symbols term \(T\)tesla thermal conductance \(G\)thermal conductivity \(\lambda\)thermal resistance \(R\)thermochemical calorie thermodynamic temperature \(T\)threshold energy \(E_{0}\)time \(t\)tonne torque \(T\)torr transition wavenumber \(\tilde{\nu }\)transmission factor transmittance \(T\),\(\tau\)transport number \(t\)

unified atomic mass unit

velocity \(v\),\(c\)vibrational term \(G\)virial coefficients viscosity volt volume fraction \(\phi\)volume of activation \(\Delta ^{\ddagger}V\)volume strain \(\theta\)

watt wavefunction \(\Psi \),\(\psi\),\(\varphi\)wavelength \(\lambda\)wavenumber \(\sigma\),\(\tilde{\nu }\)weber weight \(G\)work \(w\),\(W\)

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yard year yocto yotta

zepto zetta