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Mass, density & flow

Density — 16 units
microgram per litermilligram per cubic metermilligram per literpound per cubic yardkilogram per cubic metergram per literpound per cubic footpound per imperial gallonpound per US gallonslug per cubic footgram per cubic centimetergram per milliliterkilogram per litertonne per cubic meterUS short ton per cubic yardpound per cubic inch

Linear mass density — 12 units
decitexdeniermilligram per metertexgram per meterkilogram per kilometergram per centimeterpound per yardkilogram per meterpound per footpound per inchslug per foot

Mass — 29 units
unified atomic mass unit (dalton)picogramnanogrammicrogrammilligramcentigramgrainmetric caratgrampennyweightdramouncetroy ouncetroy poundpoundkilogramstoneslugUS hundredweightUK long hundredweightquintalUS short tonmetric tonneUK long tonkilotonnemegatonnegigatonneEarth masssolar mass

Mass flow rate — 20 units
pound per yearkilogram per yeargram per hourmilligram per secondpound per daykilogram per daygram per minutetonne per yearpound per hourkilogram per hourgram per secondpound per minuteUS short ton per daytonne per daykilogram per minutethousand pounds per hourUS short ton per hourtonne per hourpound per secondkilogram per second

Molar volume — 8 units
cubic angstrom per particlecubic centimeter per molemilliliter per molecubic foot per pound-moleliter per molecubic decimeter per molecubic meter per kilomolecubic meter per mole

Unit weight — 8 units
newton per cubic meterpound-force per cubic yardkilogram-force per cubic meterpound-force per cubic footkilonewton per cubic metergram-force per cubic centimeterUS short ton-force per cubic yardpound-force per cubic inch

Volumetric flow rate — 23 units
liter per daycubic centimeter per minutemilliliter per minuteUS gallon per daycubic inch per minuteliter per hourmilliliter per secondUS gallon per hourbarrel per daycubic foot per hourcubic meter per dayliter per minuteUS gallon per minuteimperial gallon per minutecubic meter per hourcubic foot per minuteliter per secondacre-foot per daycubic meter per minutecubic foot per secondmillion US gallons per daymillion imperial gallons per daycubic meter per second

Time, speed & motion

Acceleration — 11 units
microgalmilligalmillimeter per second squaredcentimeter per second squaredgalinch per second squaredkilometer per hour per secondfoot per second squaredmile per hour per secondmeter per second squaredstandard gravity

Angle — 14 units
microarcsecondmilliarcsecondmicroradianarcsecondarcminutemil (NATO)milliradiangradiandegreecompass pointhour angleradianquadrantrevolution

Angular acceleration — 8 units
degree per minute squaredradian per minute squaredmilliradian per second squaredrevolution per minute squareddegree per second squaredrpm per secondradian per second squaredrevolution per second squared

Angular speed — 11 units
degree per hourrevolution per daydegree per minutemilliradian per secondrevolution per hourradian per minutedegree per secondrevolution per minuteradian per secondrevolution per secondthousand revolutions per minute

Diffusivity — 13 units
square micrometer per secondsquare meter per yearsquare millimeter per secondcentistokessquare foot per daysquare meter per daysquare foot per hoursquare centimeter per secondstokessquare meter per hoursquare inch per secondsquare foot per secondsquare meter per second

Frequency — 17 units
nanohertzper yearmicrohertzper dayper hourmillihertzrevolution per minutecycle per minutebeat per minutehertzcycle per secondrevolution per secondkilohertzmegahertzgigahertzterahertzpetahertz

Speed — 23 units
millimeter per yearmillimeter per daymillimeter per hourinch per dayfoot per dayinch per hourmeter per daymillimeter per minutemeter per hourinch per minutemillimeter per secondfoot per minutecentimeter per secondmeter per minuteinch per secondkilometer per hourfoot per secondmile per hourknotmeter per secondmach (sea level)kilometer per secondspeed of light

Time — 22 units
Planck timeattosecondfemtosecondpicosecondnanosecondshakemicrosecondmillisecondsecondminutehoursidereal daydayweekfortnightmonthyeardecadecenturymillenniummegayeareon

Force, pressure & mechanics

Angular momentum — 10 units
reduced Planck constantPlanck constantgram square centimeter per seconderg secondkilogram square centimeter per secondpound square foot per secondkilogram square meter per secondjoule secondnewton meter secondslug square foot per second

Force — 15 units
micronewtondynemillinewtongram-forcepoundalounce-forcenewtonpound-forcekilogram-forcekilonewtonkipUS short ton-forcetonne-forceUK long ton-forcemeganewton

Moment of inertia — 12 units
gram square centimeterkilogram square millimeterounce square inchkilogram square centimeterpound square inchgram square meterpound square footpound-force inch second squaredkilogram square meterslug square footpound-force foot second squaredtonne square meter

Momentum — 12 units
megaelectron volt per cgigaelectron volt per cgram centimeter per seconddyne secondmillinewton secondpound foot per secondkilogram meter per secondnewton secondpound-force secondslug foot per secondkilonewton secondtonne meter per second

Pressure — 25 units
microbarbaryemillitorrpascalmillimeter of water columnpound per square footcentimeter of water columnhectopascalmillibartorrmillimeter of mercuryinch of water columnkilopascalfoot of water columninch of mercurypound per square inchmeter of water columndecibarkilogram-force per square centimeterbaratmospheremegapascalkip per square inchgigapascalmillion pounds per square inch

Spring constant — 12 units
millinewton per meternewton per meterpound-force per footnewton per centimeterpound-force per inchkilogram-force per centimeterkilonewton per meternewton per millimeterkilogram-force per millimeterkip per footkip per inchmeganewton per meter

Surface tension — 10 units
micronewton per metermillinewton per meterdyne per centimetermillijoule per square metererg per square centimetergram-force per centimeternewton per meterjoule per square meterpound-force per footpound-force per inch

Torque — 14 units
dyne centimetermillinewton meternewton millimeterounce-force inchnewton centimeterpoundal footkilogram-force centimeterinch pound-forcenewton meterfoot pound-forcekilogram-force meterkip inchkilonewton meterkip foot

Heat & temperature

Areal thermal resistance — 9 units
square millimeter kelvin per wattsquare centimeter Celsius per wattsquare inch hour Fahrenheit per BTUtogclohour square foot Fahrenheit per BTUsquare meter hour Celsius per kilocaloriesquare meter kelvin per wattsquare meter Celsius per watt

Heat transfer coefficient — 8 units
watt per square meter kelvinwatt per square meter Celsiuskilocalorie per hour square meter CelsiusBTU per hour square foot Fahrenheitkilowatt per square meter kelvinwatt per square centimeter kelvinBTU per second square foot Fahrenheitcalorie per second square centimeter Celsius

Humidity ratio — 8 units
part per billion by volume (moisture)microgram per kilogram of dry airpart per million by volume (moisture)milligram per kilogram of dry airgrain per pound of dry airgram per kilogramkilogram per kilogrampound per pound of dry air

Specific heat capacity — 10 units
joule per kilogram-kelvinjoule per kilogram-Celsiusfoot pound-force per pound-Rankinekilojoule per kilogram-kelvinkilojoule per kilogram-Celsiusjoule per gram-kelvincalorie per gram-Celsiuskilocalorie per kilogram-CelsiusBTU per pound-FahrenheitBTU per pound-Rankine

Specific latent heat — 10 units
joule per kilogramfoot pound-force per poundkilojoule per kilogramjoule per gramBTU per poundwatt-hour per kilogramcalorie per gramkilocalorie per kilogrammegajoule per kilogramkilowatt-hour per kilogram

Temperature — 11 units
nanokelvinmicrokelvinmillikelvindegree Fahrenheitdegree Rankinekelvindegree Celsiusdegree Réaumurkilokelvinmegakelvingigakelvin

Temperature difference — 8 units
microkelvin (difference)millikelvin (difference)milli-Celsius degree (difference)Fahrenheit degree (difference)Rankine degree (difference)kelvin (difference)Celsius degree (difference)Réaumur degree (difference)

Thermal conductance — 10 units
microwatt per kelvinmilliwatt per kelvinBTU per hour FahrenheitBTU per hour Rankinewatt per kelvinwatt per Celsius degreekilocalorie per hour Celsiuskilowatt per kelvinkilowatt per Celsius degreemegawatt per kelvin

Thermal conductivity — 9 units
milliwatt per meter-kelvinBTU inch per hour square foot Fahrenheitwatt per meter-kelvinwatt per meter-Celsiuskilocalorie per hour meter CelsiusBTU per hour-foot-Fahrenheitwatt per centimeter-kelvincalorie per second centimeter Celsiuskilowatt per meter-kelvin

Thermal expansion coefficient — 10 units
part per million per kelvinpart per million per Celsius degreepart per million per Fahrenheit degreemicroinch per inch per Fahrenheit degreepercent per Celsius degreepercent per Fahrenheit degreeper kelvinper Celsius degreeper Fahrenheit degreeper Rankine degree

Thermal resistance — 8 units
Celsius degree per kilowattkelvin per kilowattCelsius hour per kilocaloriekelvin per wattCelsius degree per wattFahrenheit hour per BTURankine hour per BTUkelvin per milliwatt

Electricity & magnetism

Capacitance — 8 units
femtofaradpicofaradmicromicrofaradnanofaradmicrofaradmillifaradfaradkilofarad

Electric charge — 12 units
elementary chargepicocoulombnanocoulombmicrocoulombmillicoulombmicroampere-hourcoulombmilliampere-hourkilocoulombampere-hourfaradaykiloampere-hour

Electric current — 8 units
femtoamperepicoamperenanoamperemicroamperemilliampereamperekiloamperemegaampere

Electrical conductance — 8 units
picosiemensnanosiemensmicrosiemensmicromhomillisiemenssiemensmhokilosiemens

Electrical conductivity — 10 units
microsiemens per metermicrosiemens per centimetermicromho per centimetermillisiemens per metermillisiemens per centimetermillimho per centimetersiemens per metersiemens per centimeterpercent IACSmegasiemens per meter

Electrical resistivity — 10 units
nanoohm meterohm circular mil per footmicroohm centimetermicroohm meterohm square millimeter per metermilliohm centimeterohm centimeterohm meterkiloohm centimetermegaohm centimeter

Inductance — 5 units
picohenrynanohenrymicrohenrymillihenryhenry

Magnetic flux — 6 units
magnetic flux quantumnanowebermaxwellmicrowebermilliweberweber

Magnetic flux density — 9 units
femtoteslapicoteslananoteslamilligaussmicroteslagaussmilliteslakilogausstesla

Magnetic moment — 7 units
nuclear magnetonBohr magnetonerg per gaussmilliampere square meteremu (magnetic moment)joule per teslaampere square meter

Molar charge — 4 units
coulomb per molemilliampere-hour per molekilocoulomb per moleampere-hour per mole

Resistance — 8 units
nanoohmmicroohmmilliohmohmkiloohmmegaohmgigaohmteraohm

Voltage — 8 units
picovoltnanovoltmicrovoltmillivoltvoltkilovoltmegavoltgigavolt

Chemistry

Amount of substance — 9 units
molecule (single particle)femtomolepicomolenanomolemicromolemillimolemolepound-molekilomole

Concentration — 16 units
part per trillionnanogram per literparts per billionmicrogram per literparts per millionpart per million by volumemilligram per kilogrammilligram per litergrain per US gallon (as CaCO₃)part per thousandgram per literpercentpercent by weightpercent by volumepercent weight per volumefraction (0–1)

Molal constant — 5 units
kelvin kilogram per kilomolekelvin kilogram per moleCelsius kilogram per molekelvin per molalCelsius degree per molal

Molality — 8 units
nanomole per kilogrammicromole per kilogrammillimole per kilogramcentimole per kilogrammilliequivalent per 100 gramsmole per kilogram (molal)millimole per grammilliequivalent per gram

Molar concentration — 10 units
femtomole per literpicomole per liternanomole per litermicromole per litermole per cubic metermillimole per litermilliequivalent per litermole per liter (molar)mole per cubic decimeternormal (equivalent per liter)

Molar entropy — 8 units
joule per mole kelvinjoule per mole Celsiuskilojoule per kilomole kelvincalorie per mole kelvinentropy unitBTU per pound-mole RankineBoltzmann constant per particlekilojoule per mole kelvin

Molar mass — 7 units
gram per molekilogram per kilomolemilligram per millimolepound per pound-moledalton (as molar mass)kilogram per molekilodalton (as molar mass)

Number density — 9 units
per cubic meterper cubic footper literper cubic centimeterper milliliterper microliterper cubic millimeteramagatper cubic angstrom

Other

Area per time — 5 units
hectare per hourhectare per daysquare meter per secondacre per houracre per day

Beer colour — 2 units
Standard Reference MethodEuropean Brewery Convention

Cost per area — 4 units
per hectareper acreper square meterper thousand square feet

Cost per energy — 8 units
per megawatt-hourper million BTUper dekathermper gigajouleper thermper kilowatt-hourper megajouleper joule

Cost per mass — 8 units
per tonneper short tonper hundredweightper kilogramper poundper troy ounceper ounceper gram

Cost per volume — 11 units
per acre-footper thousand cubic feetper thousand US gallonsper hundred cubic feetper cubic meterper thousand litersper oil barrelper cubic footper imperial gallonper US gallonper liter

Current density — 6 units
ampere per square metermilliampere per square meterampere per square centimetermilliampere per square centimetermicroampere per square centimeterampere per square foot

Electric field strength — 9 units
volt per meternewton per coulombvolt per centimeterkilovolt per metervolt per millimeterkilovolt per millimetermegavolt per metervolt per milkilovolt per mil

Energy per area — 6 units
joule per square meterkilojoule per square meterjoule per square centimetermillijoule per square centimetercalorie per square centimetermegajoule per square meter

Energy per length — 4 units
joule per meterkilojoule per millimeterjoule per millimeterkilojoule per inch

Energy per volume — 7 units
joule per cubic meterwatt-hour per literkilowatt-hour per cubic meterjoule per cubic millimetermegajoule per cubic meterBTU per cubic footwatt-hour per cubic inch

Fracture toughness — 4 units
pascal root metermegapascal root meterkip per square inch root inchpound per square inch root inch

Information — 14 units
bitbytekilobitmegabitgigabitterabitkilobytemegabytegigabyteterabytekibibytemebibytegibibytetebibyte

Mass concentration — 8 units
milligram per litremicrogram per litregram per litremicrogram per millilitremilligram per decilitregram per decilitrekilogram per cubic metrenanogram per millilitre

Mass flux — 6 units
kilogram per square metre per secondgram per square metre per secondkilogram per square metre per hourlitre per square metre per hourpound per square foot per secondpound per square foot per hour

Mass per area — 10 units
kilogram per hectaretonne per hectarekilogram per square metergram per square meterpound per acreshort ton per acrepound per thousand square feetounce per square yardpound per square foothundredweight per acre

Money — 1 units
currency unit

Number per area — 5 units
per square meterper hectareper acreper square footper thousand square feet

Photon flux density — 3 units
micromole per square meter secondmillimole per square meter secondmole per square meter second

Photon integral — 2 units
mole per square meter per daymillimole per square meter per day

Power per length — 5 units
watt per meterkilowatt per meterwatt per millimeterwatt per footBTU per hour per foot

Slope — 6 units
meter per meterpercent grademillimeter per meterper millefoot per footinch per foot

Specific energy — 8 units
joule per kilogramkilojoule per kilogrammegajoule per kilogramwatt-hour per kilogramkilowatt-hour per kilogramkilowatt-hour per tonneBTU per poundkilowatt-hour per short ton

Strain — 6 units
meter per meterinch per inchmicrostrainmillimeter per metermil per inchpercent strain

Unitless — 1 units
unitless

Volume per area — 8 units
liter per hectarecubic meter per hectaremilliliter per square metermillimeter of depthcentimeter of depthUS gallon per acreUS gallon per thousand square feetinch of depth