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

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"Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)", Lehmann, H.P.;Fuentes-arderiu, X.;Bertello, L.F., Pure and Applied Chemistry 1996, 68(4), 957

Avogadro constant absolute activity absorbed dose (\(D\)) of radiation absorptance (\(\alpha\))absorption coefficient acceleration (\(a\))acceleration of free fall (\(g\))activity of a radioactive material activity in thermodynamics activity coefficient amount of substance ampere angle areic atmosphere atomic mass (\(m_{\rm{a}}\))atomic mass constant atomic number (\(Z\))attenuance attenuation coefficient

Boltzmann constant bar base quantity base unit of measurement becquerel

Celsius temperature (\(t,\theta\))calorie candela capacitance (\(C\)) of a plate capacitor catalytic activity of an enzyme catalytic activity concentration (\(b\))catalytic activity content (\(z/m\))catalytic activity fraction of an isozyme centrifugal acceleration (\(a_{\rm{rot}}\))centrifugal force (\(F_{\rm{rot}}\))centrifugal radius (\(r\))charge number (\(z\)) in general chemical potential (\(\mu_{\rm{B}}\))clearance (\(\Delta V/\Delta t\))coefficient coherent system of units of measurement of measurement coherent unit of measurement component concentration concentration gradient (\(\rm{grad}\: C\))conductivity (\(\sigma \))coulomb (\(\rm{C}\))curie

dalton day decay constant degree of arc degree Celsius degree of dissociation density derived quantity derived unit of measurement diffusion coefficient dimension of a quantity dimensionless quantities distribution constant in chromatography distribution ratio (\(D\)) in liquid-liquid distribution dose equivalent (\(H\))

electric charge (\(Q\))electric conductance (\(G\))electric current electric current density electric field electric mobility (\(\mu ,u\))electric potential difference (\(\Delta V\)) of a galvanic cell electric resistance (\(R\))electrode potential (\(E\))electrokinetic potential (\(\zeta\))electromotive force electronvolt elementary charge emittance enthalpy (\(H\))entitic entropy equilibrium constant erg extent of reaction

Faraday constant factor farad flux of a quantity force fraction frequency friction factor

Gibbs energy gas constant gray

half life heat capacity henry hertz hour

illuminance impedance internal energy ionic strength ionic transport number

joule

katal kelvin kilogram kind-of-quantity kinematic viscosity kinetic energy

length lineic litre lumen luminous flux luminous intensity (\(I_{\rm{v}}\))lux

Michaelis constant mass mass concentration mass density gradient mass flow rate mass fraction mass number massic mean volume rate (\(\frac{\Delta V}{\Delta t}\))measurand metre millimetre of mercury minute of arc molality molar mole moment of inertia (\(I\))

newton number concentration (\(C,n\))number content (\(\frac{N_{\rm{B}}}{m}\))number flow rate (\(q_{\rm{N}}\))number of entities (\(N\))numerical value of a quantity ångström

ohm osmolality (\(m\))osmotic concentration (\(c\))

pH partial mass density partial specific volume partition coefficient pascal period pico poise power (\(P\))pressure (\(p\))

quantity quantity of dimension one

rad radian radiant energy radioactivity rate rate of conversion (\(\dot{\xi}\))ratio refractive index relative relative atomic mass relative density relative molecular mass rem resistance resistivity (\(\rho\))revolutions per minute rotational frequency in centrifugation röntgen

SI saturation fraction second second of arc sedimentation coefficient sedimentation velocity siemens sievert solid angle specific in quantities specific activity in radiochemistry specific heat capacity specific volume speed standard atmosphere steradian stoichiometric number (\(\nu\))stokes substance content (\(m,n\))substance flow rate substance fraction (\(x\))surface density surface tension symbol in quantities and units system system of units of measurement

thermodynamic temperature (\(T\))time (\(t\))torr transmittance (\(\tau,T\))true value (\(\tau\)) in analysis

unified atomic mass unit unit of measurement

value of a quantity velocity (\(c,v\))volt volume flow rate (\(q_{\rm{v}}\))volume fraction volumic

watt wavelength weber weight (\(G\))work (\(W,w\))