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7 Basic Physical Quantity and their SI Units Chemistry Podcast

SI System



7 SI Base Units



Base physical quantity



Symbol for quantity



SI units name



SI units symbol



Length



l



Metre



m



Mass



m



Kilogram



Kg



Time



t



Second



s



Current



I



Ampere



A



Temperature



T



Kelvin



K



Amount of substance



n



Mole



Mol



Luminous intensity



Iv



candela



Cd



Prefixes for SI Units



Multiple



Prefix



Symbol



 10-24



Yocto



y



10-21



Zepto



z



10-18



Atto



a



10-15



Femto



f



10-12



Pico



p



10-9



Nano



n