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United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
 
Trade Facilitation Recommendation N° 20

 

Units of Measure: Code elements listed by quantities

 

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Quantity
Level
Cat.
Use
Id.
Name
Convesion factors to SI units (1 unit equals)
Represen.
Symbol
Cross
ref.
Space and Time
angle (plane) 1   radian   rad 1
  1S   milliradian   mrad 2
  1S   microradian   µrad 3
  1   degree   ° 4
  1   minute   ' 5
  1   second   " 6
  2 X grade 1 gon = 0,015 707 96 rad   7
  2   gon   gon 8
solid angle 1   steradian   sr 9
length 1   metre   m 10
breadth 1M   decimetre   dm 11
height 1S   centimetre   cm 12
thickness 1S   micrometre (micron)   µm 13
radius 1S   millimetre   mm 14
radius of curvature 1M   hectometre   hm 15
cartesian coordinates 1S   kilometre   km 16
diameter 1S   nanometre   nm 17
length of path 1S   picometre   pm 18
distance 1S   femtometre   fm 19
  1M   decametre   dam 20
  1   nautical mile 1852 m (exactly) n mile 21
  1   ångström 10-10 m (exactly) Å 22
  1   astronomical unit 1,495 978 70 x 1011 m AU 23
  1   parsec 3,085 678 x 1016 m pc 24
  2   fathom 1,828 8 m   25
  2   chain 20,116 8 m ch 26
  2   inch 25,4 mm (exactly) in 27
  2   micro-inch   µin 28
  2   foot 0,304 8 m (exactly) ft 29
  2   yard 0,914  4 m (exactly) yd 30
  2   mile (statute mile) 1 609,344 m (exactly) mile 31
  2   milli-inch   mil 32
  2   light year 9,460 53 x 1015 m l.y. 33
area 1   square metre   m² 34
  1S   square kilometre   km² 35
  1   are 100 m² (exactly) a 36
  1M   decare   daa 37
  1S   hectare 104 m² (exactly) ha 38
  1S   square centimetre   cm² 39
  1S   square decimetre   dm² 40
  1S   square millimetre   mm² 41

2   square inch 6,4516 cm² (exactly) in² 42
area 2   square foot 0,092 903 04 cm² (exactly) ft² 43
  2   square yard 0,836 127 36 m² yd² 44
  2   square mile 2,589 988 km² mile² 45
  2   acre 4046,856 m² acre 46
volume 1   cubic metre   m³ 47
  1M   mega litre   Ml 48
  1   litre 10-³m³ (exactly) l 49
  1S   cubic millimetre   mm³ 50
  1S   cubic centimetre   cm³ 51
  1S   cubic decimetre   dm³ 52
  1S   millilitre   ml 53
  1S   hectolitre   hl 54
  1S   centilitre   cl 55
  1M   decilitre   dl 56
  1M   microlitre   µl 57
  1M   kilolitre   kl 58
  1M   decalitre   dal 59
  2   standard cubic foot     60
  2   cubic inch 16,387 064 cm³ (exactly) in³ 61
  2   cubic foot 28,316 85 dm³ (exactly) ft³ 62
  2   cubic yard 0,764 555 m³ yd³ 63
  2   gallon (UK) 4,546 092 dm³ (exactly) gal (UK) 64
  2   gallon (US) 3,785 412 dm³ gal (US) 65
  2   pint (US)     66
  2   pint  (UK) 0,568 261 25 dm³ (exactly) pt (UK) 67
  2   quart (UK) 1,136 523 dm³ qt (UK) 68
  2   liquid pint (US) 0,473 176 5 dm³ liq pt (US) 69
  2   liquid quart (US) 0,946 353 dm³ liq qt (US) 70
  2   dry pint (US) 0,550 610 5 dm³ dry pt (US) 71
  2   fluid ounce (UK) 28,4131 3 cm² fl oz (UK) 72
  2   quart (US)     73
  2   fluid ounce (US) 29,5735 cm³ fl oz (US) 74
  2   bushel (UK) 36,368 72 dm³ bushel (UK) 75
  2   bushel  (US) 35,239 07 dm³ bu (US) 76
  2   barrel (US) (petroleum etc.) 158,987 3 dm³ barrel (US) 77
  2   dry barrel (US) 115,627 1 dm³ bbl (US) 78
  2   dry gallon (US) 4,404 884 dm³ dry gal (US) 79
  2   dry quart (US) 1,101 221 dm³ dry qt (US) 80
time 1   second   s 81
  1   minute 60 s min 82
  1   hour 3600 s h 83
time 1   day 86 400 s d 84
  1S   kilosecond   ks 85
  1S   millisecond   ms 86
  1S   microsecond   µs 87
  1S   nanosecond   ns 88
  2   week     89
  2   month     90
  2   year   a 91
  2   tropical year 31 556 926 s trop 92
  1   radian per second   rad/s 93
angular acceleration 1   radian per second squared   rad/s² 94
velocity 1   metre per second   m/s 95
phase velocity 1S   kilometre per hour 0,277 778 m/s km/h 96
group velocity 1S   millimetre per second   mm/s 97
  1S   centimetre per second   cm/s 98
  1M   metre per minute   m/min 99
  1   knot 0,514 444 m/s kn 100
  2   foot per minute   ft/min 101
  2   inch per second (vibration)   in/s 102
  2   inch per second (linear speed)   in/s 103
  2   foot per second 0,304 8 m/s (exactly) ft/s 104
  2   mile per hour 0,447 04 m/s (exactly) mile/h 105
acceleration 1   metre per second squared   m/s² 106
acceleration of free fall 1S   gal 0,01m/s² (exactly) Gal 107
acceleration due to gravity 1M   milligal   mGal 108
  2   foot per second squared 0,304 8 m/s² (exactly) ft/s² 109
  2   inch per second squared (acceleration)   in/s2 110
  2   inch per second squared (vibration acceleration)   in/s2 111
curvature 1   reciprocal metre   m 112

 

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