Common Physical Quantities Continued
A physical quantity is a quantity in physics that can be measured, thus a physical property that can be quantified. Examples of physical quantities are mass, amount of substance, length, time, temperature, electric current, etc. This lesson lists common physical ...
Common Physical Quantities Continued
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Physical Quantities |
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Quantity |
Unit name |
Unit symbol |
| Acceleration (\(a\)) | metres per second squared | \(\text{m·s$^{-1}$}\) |
| Charge (\(q\)) | Coulomb | \(\text{C}\) |
| Concentration (\(C\)) | moles per cubic decimetre | \(\text{mol·dm$^{-3}$}\) |
| Current (\(I\)) | Amperes | \(\text{A}\) |
| Distance (\(d\)) | metre | \(\text{m}\) |
| Electrical energy (\(E\)) | Joules | \(\text{J}\) |
| Electric field (\(E\)) | Newtons per Coulomb | \(\text{N·C$^{-1}$}\) |
| Force (\(F\)) | Newton | \(\text{N}\) |
| Induced emf (\(\mathcal{E}\)) | Volt | \(\text{V}\) |
| Magnetic field (\(B\)) | Tesla | \(\text{T}\) |
| Magnetic flux (\(\phi\)) | Weber | \(\text{Wb}\) |
| Mass (\(m\)) | kilogram | \(\text{kg}\) |
| Moles (\(n\)) | moles | \(\text{mol}\) |
| Pressure (\(p\)) | Pascals | \(\text{Pa}\) |
| Power (\(P\)) | Watts | \(\text{W}\) |
| Resistance (\(R\)) | Ohms | \(\text{Ω}\) |
| Temperature (\(T\)) | Kelvin | \(\text{K}\) |
| Tension (\(T\)) | Newton | \(\text{N}\) |
| Time (\(t\)) | seconds | \(\text{s}\) |
| Voltage (\(V\)) | Volts | \(\text{V}\) |
| Volume (\(V\)) | meters cubed | \(\text{m$^{3}$}\) |
| Weight (\(N\)) | Newton | \(\text{N}\) |
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Vectors and Scalars
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