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Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry: 4th Edition, Abridged Version
Edited by
Christopher M A Brett;
Christopher M A Brett
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Jeremy G Frey;
Jeremy G Frey
University of Southampton, UK
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Robert Hinde;
Robert Hinde
The University of Tennessee, USA
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Yutaka Kuroda;
Yutaka Kuroda
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
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Roberto Marquardt;
Roberto Marquardt
University Louis Pasteur, France
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Franco Pavese;
Franco Pavese
Instituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, Italy
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Martin Quack;
Martin Quack
Laboratorium fur Physikalische Chemie der ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Juergen Stohner;
Juergen Stohner
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
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Anders J Thor
Anders J Thor
SIS Swedish Standards Institute, Sweden
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-83916-150-6
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-318-0
Themed:
IUPAC Color Books
Product Type:
Textbooks
No. of Pages:
120
Publication date:
29 Nov 2023
Book Chapter
2: Definitions and Symbols for Units
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Published:29 Nov 2023
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Themed: IUPAC Color BooksProduct Type: Textbooks
Page range:
11 - 14
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Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry
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Section 2 recalls the new 2019 definition of the International System of Units. The names and symbols for the most frequently used units are presented and the procedure to check the coherence and dimension of units is explained. It also shows that physical constants can be used as units and presents the system of atomic units widely used in theoretical physics and chemistry. It has 4 pages.
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