Practical Measurement Unit Abbreviations

Author: Bao Jiancheng
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Publish Date: 1999-01-03
Features: This book is jointly compiled by experts from the National Administration for Quality and Technology Supervision and editors from Science Press. It collects more than 300 units of measurement, allowing readers to easily find the desired unit by its international symbol, Chinese symbol, or physical quantity. The book provides information on whether the units are legal units, whether they are permitted for use, and the conversion relationships between non-legal and legal units. Additionally, the book includes non-legal units currently usable alongside the International System of Units (SI), examples of common non-standard unit symbols, Chinese symbols, mathematical symbols, and physical quantity names, examples of common non-standard expressions, and conversion tables for commonly used units of measurement. The section "Some Notes on the Use of Legal Units of Measurement" helps readers use legal units of measurement correctly.