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Abbreviated
list of quantities, units and symbols in physical chemistry
4.2 physical quantities:
mechanics
| Physical Quantity |
Symbol |
SI Unit |
| mass |
m |
kg |
| reduced mass |
µ |
kg |
| (mass) density |
r |
kg m-3 |
| relative density |
d |
1 |
| specific volume |
v |
m3 kg-1 |
| moment of inertia |
I |
kg m2 |
| momentum |
p |
kg m s-1 |
| angular momentum |
L |
kg m2
s-1 rad (= J s) |
| force |
F |
N (= kg m s-2) |
| weight |
G, W |
N |
| pressure |
p, P |
Pa |
| surface tension |
g, s |
N m-1, J m-2 |
| energy |
E |
J |
| potential energy |
Ep , V, F |
J |
| kinetic energy |
Ek , T, K |
J |
| work |
w, W |
J |
| Hamilton function |
H |
J |
| power |
P |
W |
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