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Expressing SI Units

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We have discussed about the evolution of the International System of Units, base units, coherent derived units and non-SI units in the last few chapters. Continuing the subject, in this chapter we are going to discuss about SI prefixes, their use, and methods to express the quantities with proper numerals and units. The specific advantage of the International System of Units (SI) will also be discussed.

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Gupta, S.V. (2009). Expressing SI 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_7

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