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Guide for the use of the International System of Units (SI).

Author(s) : TAYLOR B. N.

Type of monograph: Guide/Handbook

Summary

Contents: NIST policy on the use of the SI; other sources of information on the SI; the three classes of SI units and the SI prefixes; units outside the SI; rules and style conventions for printing and using units, for spelling unit names and for expressing values of quantities; comments on some quantities and their units; more on printing and using symbols and numbers in scientific and technical documents.

Details

  • Original title: Guide for the use of the International System of Units (SI).
  • Record ID : 1996-1987
  • Languages: English
  • Publication: US Department of Commerce, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) - United states/United states
  • Publication date: 1995/04
  • Collection:
  • Source: Source: NIST SP 811; 1995 ed.; 84 p. (21 x 29.7); tabl.; append.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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