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The prefixes and symbols
listed below are commonly used to form names and symbols of the
decimal multiples and sub multiples of the SI units.
SYMBOLS |
|
Multiplication Factor |
Prefix |
Symbol |
|
1,000,000,000=109 |
giga |
G |
|
1,000,000=106 |
mega |
M |
|
1,000=103 |
kilo |
k |
|
100=102 |
hecto |
h |
|
1=1 |
|
|
|
0.01=10-2 |
centi |
c |
|
0.001=10-3 |
milli |
m |
|
0.000001=10-6 |
micro |
μ |
|
0.000000001=10-9 |
nano |
n |
|
0.000000000001=10-12 |
pico |
p |
|
ACCELERATION |
|
Kilometers/Second2 |
1 |
km/s2
|
|
Hectometers/Second2 |
10 |
hm/s2
|
|
Decameters/Second2 |
100 |
dkm/s2
|
|
Meters/Second2 |
1000 |
m/s2
|
|
Decimeters/Second2 |
10000 |
dm/s2
|
|
Centimeters/Second2 |
100000 |
cm/s2
|
|
Millimeters/Second2 |
1000000 |
mm/s2
|
|
Feet/Second2 |
3280.8399 |
ft/s2
|
|
Yards/Second2 |
1093.6133 |
yd/s2
|
|
Inches/Second2 |
39370.07874 |
in/s2
|
| G (Gravity) |
101.97 |
G
|
|
TIME |
| Years |
1 |
yr
|
| Months |
12 |
mo
|
| Weeks |
52 |
wk
|
| Days |
365 |
d
|
| Hours |
8760 |
h
|
| Minutes |
525600 |
min
|
| Seconds |
31536000 |
s
|
| Kiloseconds |
31.536 |
ks
|
| Megaseconds |
31.54 |
Ms
|
|
Milliseconds |
31536000000000 |
ms
|
| Nanoseconds |
3.1536E+16 |
ns
|
| Picoseconds |
3.1536E+19 |
ps
|
|
PRESURE |
|
Kilograms Force/mm2 |
1 |
kgf/mm2
|
|
Kilograms Force/cm2 |
100 |
kgf/cm2
|
|
Kilograms Force/m2 |
1000000 |
kgf/m2
|
| Atmospheres |
96.784110535208 |
atm
|
| Bars |
98.0664999998 |
bar
|
| Millibars |
98066.4999998 |
mbar
|
| Microbars |
98066500 |
mbar
|
| Pascals |
9806650 |
Pa
|
| Kilopascals |
9806.65 |
kPa
|
| Torrs |
73556.1272706 |
tor
|
| Millimeters
Mercury |
73556.1272706 |
mmHg
|
|
POWER |
| Horsepowers |
1341.022038 |
hp
|
| Horsepowers,
Metric |
1359.621155 |
hp
|
| Horsepowers,
Water |
1340.405312 |
hp
|
| Calories (Therm)/Hour |
14340344.85 |
cal/h
|
|
Kilocalories (Therm)/Second |
239.0057361 |
kcal/s
|
| Watts |
1000000 |
W
|
| Kilowatts |
1000 |
kW
|
| Megawatts |
1 |
MW
|
| Ergs/Second |
10000000000000 |
erg/s
|
| Horsepowers,
Electric |
1340.48 |
hp
|
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