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Here is some science stuff for those who want to learn more about the subject. There are many branches of science, such as physiology, biology, chemistry, physics, and so forth. However, this page mainly focuses on things that are used in many different sciences, particularly chemistry and physics.

Units of Measure

Here is a table of fundamental and derived units of measurement. It is very nice to have, especially for science geeks like myself. It comes from a book titled "Modern Physics" by Williams, et al., and is copyright 1972.

Physical Quantity	Quantity Symbol	Measurement Unit	Unit Symbol	Unit Dimensions
Fundamental Units
length	l	meter	m	m
mass	m	kilogram	kg	kg
time	t	second	sec	sec
electric charge	Q	coulomb	c	c
temperature	T	degree Kelvin	°K	°K
luminous intensity	I	candle	cd	cd
Derived Units
acceleration	a	meter per second per second	m/sec2	m/sec2
area	A	square meter	m2	m2
capacitance	C	farad	f	c2 sec2/kg m2
density	D	kilogram per cubic meter	kg/m3	kg/m3
electric current	I	ampere	a	c/sec
electric field intensity	E	newton per coulomb	n/c	kg m/c sec2
electric resistance	R	ohm	Ω	kg m2/c2 sec
emf	E	volt	v	kg m2/c sec2
energy	E	joule	j	kg m2/sec2
force	F	newton	n	kg m/sec2
frequency	f	hertz	hz	sec-1
heat	Q	joule	j	kg m2/sec2
illumination	E	lumen per square meter	lm/m2	cd sr/m2
inductance	L	henry	h	kg m2/c2
luminous flux	Φ	lumen	lm	cd sr
magnetic flux	Φ	weber	wb	kg m2/c sec
magnetic flux density	B	weber per square meter	wb/m2	kg/c sec
potential difference	V	volt	v	kg m2/c sec2
power	P	watt	w	kg m2/sec3
pressure	p	newton per square meter	n/m2	kg m/sec2
velocity	v	meter per second	m/sec	m/sec
volume	V	cubic meter	m3	m3
work	W	joule	j	kg m2/sec2

©2001 Chris Williams.
Last revision:
29 Mar 2001
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