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Various Systems of Units

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Units of Measurement

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We have seen in the previous chapter that a proper system of base quantities and their respective units, agreed by convention with a set of proper algebraic relations, can be used to represent other quantities and their respective units. In the following paragraphs, I first intend to give relations connecting other quantities with base quantities and then various systems of base quantities. A few examples will also be given to make use of relations to arrive at expressions of units of other quantities in terms of units of base quantities. After going through this chapter, you will notice that a set of only four base quantities and their respective base units are essentially required to express all other units of measurements.

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Gupta, S.V. (2009). Various Systems of Units. In: Units of Measurement. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 122. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00738-5_3

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