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BS 5555:1993

Superseded

Superseded

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Specification for SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

15-02-1993

Superseded date

16-07-2004

Superseded by

BS ISO 1000:1992

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Summarise this standard

Committees responsible
National foreword
Specification
1 Scope
2 Normative reference
3 SI units
4 Multiples of SI units
5 Use of SI units and their multiples
6 Rules for writing unit symbols
7 Non-SI units which may be used with SI units and
   their multiples
Annexes
A (normative) Examples of decimal multiples and sub-
   multiples of SI units and of some other units which
   may be used
B (informative) Definitions of the base units of the
   international system of units
Tables
1 SI base units
2 SI derived units with special names, including SI
   supplementary units
3 SI derived units with special names admitted for
   reasons of safeguarding human health
4 SI prefixes
5 Units used with the SI
6 Units used with the SI, whose values in SI units are
   obtained experimentally

Describes the International System of Units; also recommends selected decimal multiples and sub-multiples of SI units for general use. Also includes annexes and tables.

Committee
SS/7
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
26
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
ISO 1000:1992 Identical

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