The Systeme International d'Unites (SI) has been adopted and is defined
by IS0 1000.
Meter (m).
The meter is the length equal to 1 650 753.73 wavelengths in vacuum of the radiation
corresponding to the transition
between the levels 2p10 and 5d5 of the krypton-86 atom.
between the levels 2p10 and 5d5 of the krypton-86 atom.
Kilogram (kg).
The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international
prototype of the kilogram.
Second (s).
The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the
ground state of the caesium-133
atom.
Ampere (A).
The ampere is that constant current which, if maintained
in two straight parallel conductors of
infinite length, of negligible circular cross-section, and placed 1 m apart in vacuum, would produce between these
conductors a force equal to 2 x 10-7
newtons per metre of length.
Kelvin (K).
The kelvin, unit of thermodynamic temperature, is
the fraction U273.16 of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of
water.
Candela (cd).
The candela is the luminous intensity, in the perpendicular
direction, of a surface of 1/600 000 m2
of a black body at the temperature of freezing platinum under a pressure
of 101 325 newtons per square metre.
The supplementary
base units are defined as follows:
Plane angle (radian).
The angle subtended at the centre of a circle of
radius 1 m by an arc of length 1 m
along the circumference.
Solid angle (steradian).
The solid angle subtended at the centre of' a sphere
of radius 1 m by an area of 1 m2
on the surface.
Mole (mol).
It
is the amount of
substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are
atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. The elementary entities must be specified and can
be atom molecules, ion electrons, other particles or specified groups of such
particles.
Vineeth
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