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Physical quantities, standards and units

PHYSICAL QUANTITIES AND THEIR SI BASE UNITS Following is the list of Physical Quantities and their SI Base Units and Symbols. Physical Quantity Unit Symbol length meter m mass kilogram kg time second s electric current ampere A thermodynamic temperature kelvin K amount of substance mole mol luminous intensity candela cd SOME SI DERIVED UNITS Physical Quantity Unit Symbol area square meter m 2 volume cubic meter m 3 frequency hertz Hz mass density (density) kilogram per cubic meter kg/m 3 speed, velocity meter per second m/s angular velocity radian per second rad/s acceleration meter per second squared m/s 2 angular acceleration radian per second squared rad/s 2 force newton N pressure pascal Pa work, energy, quantity of heat joule J power watt W quantity of electricity coulomb C potential difference, electromotive force volt V electric field volt per meter V/m electric resistance ohm capacitance farad F magnetic flux weber Wb inductance h...