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Annex I Units of Measure: Code elements listed by quantities - UNECE

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<strong>Code</strong>s for <strong>Units</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Measure</strong> used in International Trade<br />

<strong>Units</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Measure</strong>: <strong>Code</strong> <strong>elements</strong> <strong>listed</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>quantities</strong><br />

Quantity<br />

Level<br />

Cat.<br />

Use<br />

Id.<br />

Name<br />

Conversion factors to SI<br />

units<br />

(1 unit equals)<br />

Represen.<br />

Symbol<br />

Cross<br />

ref.<br />

characteristic impedence<br />

<strong>of</strong> a medium<br />

surface density <strong>of</strong><br />

mechanical impedance<br />

1S picowatt per square metre pW/m ² 593<br />

2 X erg per second square<br />

centimetre<br />

10 -3 W/m² (exactly) erg/(s . m ² ) 594<br />

1 pascal second per metre Pa . s/m 595<br />

2 X dyn second per cubic<br />

centimetre<br />

acoustic impedance 1 pascal second per cubic<br />

metre<br />

2 X dyne second per centimetre<br />

to the fifth<br />

10 Pa . s/m (exactly) dyn . s/cm ³ 596<br />

Pa . s/m ³ 597<br />

10 5 Pa . s/m³ (exactly) dyn . s/cm 5 598<br />

mechanical impedence 1 newton second per metre N . s/m 599<br />

sound pressure level<br />

sound power level<br />

2 X dyne second per centimetre 10 - ³ N . s/m dyn . s/cm 600<br />

1 decibel dB 601<br />

damping coefficient 1 reciprocal second s-¹ 602<br />

time constant,<br />

relaxation time<br />

neper per second Np/s 603<br />

1 second s 604<br />

logarithmic decrement 1 neper Np 605<br />

attenuation coefficient<br />

phase coefficient<br />

propogation coefficient<br />

dissipation factor,<br />

dissipance<br />

reflection factor,<br />

reflectance<br />

transmission factor,<br />

transmittance<br />

absorption factor,<br />

absorbance<br />

1 reciprocal metre m-¹ 606<br />

1 one 1 607<br />

sound reduction index 1 decibel dB 611<br />

equivalent absorption<br />

area <strong>of</strong> a surface or<br />

object<br />

1 square metre m ² 612<br />

reverberation time 1 second s 613<br />

loudness level 1 phon 614<br />

loudness 1 sone 615<br />

1<br />

1<br />

1<br />

Physical Chemistry and<br />

Molecular Physics<br />

relative atomic mass 1 one 1 616<br />

relative molecular mass 1 one 1 617<br />

number <strong>of</strong> molecules or<br />

other elementary entities<br />

1 one 1 618<br />

Recommendation 20 165

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