Common Metric Units
Common Metric (SI) Units include the following:
| Name | Long | Short |
|---|---|---|
| Acceleration | meter per second squared | m/s2 |
| Amount of substance | mole | mol |
| Angle | radian | r |
| Angular Acceleration | radian per second squared | r/s2 |
| Angular Velocity | radian per second | r/s |
| Area | square meter | m2 |
| Density | kilogram per cubic meter | kg/m3 |
| Electrical Current | ampere | A |
| Energy | Joule | J or N·m |
| Force | Newton | N or kg·m/s2 |
| Frequency | Hertz | Hz or 1/s |
| Impulse | Newton-second | kg·m/s |
| Length | meter | m |
| Luminous intensity | candela | cd |
| Mass | kilogram | kg |
| Moment of a Force | Newton-meter | N·m |
| Power | Watt | W or J/s |
| Pressure | Pascal | Pa or N/m2 |
| Stress | Pascal | Pa or N/m2 |
| Temperature | kelvin | K |
| Time | second | s |
| Velocity | meter per second | m/s |
| Volume (solids) | cubic meter | m3 |
| Volume (liquids) | liter | l or 10-3 m3 |
| Work | Joule | J or N·m |