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Tro, Principles of Chemistry: A Molecular Approach<br />

38<br />

The Standard Units<br />

• Scientists have agreed on a set of<br />

international standard units for comparing all<br />

our measurements called the SI units.<br />

ü Système International = International System<br />

Quantity Unit Symbol<br />

length meter m<br />

mass kilogram kg<br />

time second s<br />

temperature kelvin K

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