Units of Physical Quantities and Their Dimensions

FRONT COVER
Title Page
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
CHAPTER ONE GENERAL CONCEPTS ON SYSTEMS OF BASIC AND DERIVED UNITS
1.1 Physical Quantities and Their Units
1.2. Direct and Indirect Measurements
1.3. Basic and Derived Units
1.4. Constructing a System of Units
1.5. Selection of Basic Units
1.6. Non-System Units
CHAPTER TWO CONVERSION OF UNITS AND DIMENSION FORMULAS
2.1. Dimension Formulas
2.2. Conversion of Dimension When Using Different Basic Units
2.3. Conversion of Dimensions with Different Defining Relationships
2.4. Determining the Relationship between Units of Different Systems
2.5. Compilation of Conversion Tables
2.6. On the So-called Meaning of Dimension Formulas
2.7. Brief Conclusions on Chapters One and Two
CHAPTER THREE ANALYSIS OF DIMENSIONS
3.1. Determining Functional Relationshipsby Comparing Dimensions
3.2. The PI-Theorem and the Method of Similarity
CHAPTER FOUR UNITS OF GEOMETRICAL AND MECHANICAL QUANTITIES
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Geometrical Units
4.3. Kinematic Units
4.4. Static and Dynamic Units
4.5. Units of Mechanical and Molecular Properties of a Substance
CHAPTER FIVE THERMAL UNITS
5.1. Temperature
5.2. Temperature Scales
5.3. Fixed Temperature Points
5.4. Other Thermal Units
5.5. Units of Thermal Properties of Substances
CHAPTER SIX ACOUSTIC UNITS
6.1. Objective Characteristics of Mechanical Wave Processes
6.2. Subjective Characteristics of Sound
6.3. Some Quantities Connected with the Acoustics of Buildings
CHAPTER SEVEN ELECTRICAL AND MAGNETIC UNITS
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Possible Ways of Constructing Systems of Electrical and Magnetic Units
7.3. Units of the CGS System
7.4. Units of the SI System
7.5. On the So-called Wave Resistance of a Vacuum
7.6. International Units
CHAPTER EIGHT UNITS OF RADIATION
8.1. Scale of Electromagnetic Waves
8.2. Characteristics of Radiant Energy
8.3. Illumination Engineering Units
8.4, Relationship between Subjective and Objective Characteristics of Light
8.5. Units of Parameters of Optical Instruments
8.6. Units of Optical Properties of a Substance
CHAPTER NINE SELECTED UNITS OF ATOMIC PHYSICS
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Basic Properties of Atomic and Elementary Particles
9.3. Effective Interaction Cross Sections
9.4. Units of Energy in Atomic Physics
9.5. Ionizing Radiation Units
9.6. Units of Radioactivity
9.7. Ionization, Recombination and Mobility Coefficients
9.8. Natural Systems of Units
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 Logarithmic Units
APPENDIX 2 Measuring the Density of a Liquid with an Areometer
APPENDIX 3 pH Index
APPENDIX 4 Constants
APPENDIX 5 Tables
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX