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Special Publication 811 (Extended Contents)
A. Thompson and B. N. Taylor
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Abbreviated Table of Contents - Extended Table of Contents
- Version History
- Preface
- Check List for Reviewing Manuscripts (Chapter 11)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. NIST policy on the Use of the SI
- 3. Other Sources of Information on the SI
- 4. The Two Classes of SI Units and the SI Prefixes
- 5. Units Outside the SI
- 6. Rules and Style Conventions for Printing and Using Units
- 6.1 Rules and style conventions for unit symbols
- 6.2 Rules and style conventions for SI prefixes
- 6.2.1 Typeface and spacing
- 6.2.2 Capitalization
- 6.2.3 Inseparability of prefix and unit
- 6.2.4 Unacceptability of compound prefixes
- 6.2.5 Use of multiple prefixes
- 6.2.6 Unacceptability of stand-alone prefixes
- 6.2.7 Prefixes and the kilogram
- 6.2.8 Prefixes with the degree Celsius and units accepted for use with the SI
- 7. Rules and Style Conventions for Expressing Values of Quantities
- 7.1 Value and numerical value of a quantity
- 7.2 Space between numerical value and unit symbol
- 7.3 Number of units per value of a quantity
- 7.4 Unacceptability of attaching information to units
- 7.5 Unacceptability of mixing information with units
- 7.6 Symbols for numbers and units versus spelled-out names of numbers and units
- 7.7 Clarity in writing values of quantities
- 7.8 Unacceptability of stand-alone unit symbols
- 7.9 Choosing SI prefixes
- 7.10 Values of quantities expressed simply as numbers: the unit one, symbol1
- 7.11 Quantity equations and numerical-value equations
- 7.12 Proper names of quotient quantities
- 7.13 Distinction between an object and its attribute
- 7.14 Dimension of a quantity
- 8. Comments on Some Quantities and Their Units
- 8.1 Time and rotational frequency
- 8.2 Volume
- 8.3 Weight
- 8.4 Relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass
- 8.5 Temperature interval and temperature difference
- 8.6 Amount of substance, concentration, molality, and the like
- 8.6.1 Amount of substance
- 8.6.2 Mole fraction of B; amount-of-substance fraction of B
- 8.6.3 Molar volume
- 8.6.4 Molar mass
- 8.6.5 Concentration of B; amount-of-substance concentration of B
- 8.6.6 Volume fraction of B
- 8.6.7 Mass density; density
- 8.6.8 Molality of solute B
- 8.6.9 Specific volume
- 8.6.10 Mass fraction of B
- 8.7 Logarithmic quantities and units: level, neper, bel
- 8.8 Viscosity
- 8.9 Massic, volumic, areic, lineic
- 9. Rules and Style Conventions for Spelling Unit Names
- 9.1 Capitalization
- 9.2 Plurals
- 9.3 Spelling unit names with prefixes
- 9.4 Spelling unit names obtained by multiplication
- 9.5 Spelling unit names obtained by division
- 9.6 Spelling unit names raised to powers
- 9.7 Other spelling conventions
- 9.8 Unacceptability of applying mathematical operations to unit names
- 10. More on Printing and Using Symbols and Numbers in Scientific and Technical Documents
- Appendix A Definitions of the SI Base Units
- Appendix B. Conversion Factors
- B.1 Introduction
- B.2 Notation
- B.3 Use of conversion factors
- B.4 Organization of entries and style
- B.5 Factor for converting motor vehicle efficiency
- B.6 U.S. survey foot and mile
- B.7 Rules for rounding numbers and converted numerical values of
quantities - B.8 Factors for units listed alphabetically
- B.9 Factors for units listed by kind of quantity or field of science
- Appendix C. Comments on the References of Appendix D - Bibliography
- Appendix D. Bibliography
- Footnotes
Created July 2, 2009, Updated June 2, 2021