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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 />

1 hour 3600 s h 83<br />

time 1 day 86 400 s d 84<br />

1S kilosecond ks 85<br />

1S millisecond ms 86<br />

1S microsecond µs 87<br />

1S nanosecond ns 88<br />

2 week 89<br />

2 month 90<br />

2 year a 91<br />

2 tropical year 31 556 926 s a trop 92<br />

angular velocity 1 radian per second rad/s 93<br />

angular acceleration 1 radian per second squared rad/s² 94<br />

velocity 1 metre per second m/s 95<br />

phase velocity 1S kilometre per hour 0,277 778 m/s km/h 96<br />

group velocity 1S millimetre per second mm/s 97<br />

1S centimetre per second cm/s 98<br />

1M metre per minute m/min 99<br />

1 knot 0,514 444 m/s kn 100<br />

2 foot per minute ft/min 101<br />

2 inch per second (vibration) in/s 102<br />

2 inch per second (linear<br />

speed)<br />

in/s 103<br />

2 foot per second 0,304 8 m/s (exactly) ft/s 104<br />

2 mile per hour 0,447 04 m/s (exactly) mile/h 105<br />

acceleration 1 metre per second squared m/s ² 106<br />

acceleration <strong>of</strong> free fall 1S gal 0,01m/s² (exactly) Gal 107<br />

acceleration due to<br />

gravity<br />

1M milligal mGal 108<br />

2 foot per second squared 0,304 8 m/s² (exactly) ft/s ² 109<br />

2 inch per second squared<br />

(acceleration)<br />

2 inch per second squared<br />

(vibration acceleration)<br />

in/s 2 110<br />

in/s 2 111<br />

curvature 1 reciprocal metre m -¹ 112<br />

Periodic and related<br />

phenomena<br />

frequency 1 hertz Hz 114<br />

1S kilohertz kHz 115<br />

1S megahertz MHz 116<br />

1S terahertz THz 117<br />

1S gigahertz GHz 118<br />

rotational frequency 1 reciprocal second s -¹ 119<br />

Recommendation 20 149

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