On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:33:04 -0500, Ken Javor <ken.ja...@emccompliance.com> wrote:
> I would agree with the discussion below from a practical standpoint, but the > original question referred to SI (International System) units so the answer > is and must be cubic meters. SI is based on MKSA - > meter-kilogram-second-Amperes and the only multipliers dividers allowed are > every three orders of magnitude. Millimeters are blessed, centimeters are > heresy. Therefore liters are proscribed. A liter is 1000 cubic > centimeters. AFAIK, "The International System of Units" published from BIPM permits multipliers such as "d", "c", etc., too. The document also contains list of non-SI conventional units which can be used, and liter (1 l = 1 L = 1 dm^3 = 10^-6 m^3) is included in the list. So, I think: - SI units for volume are m^3, cm^3, mm^3, etc. - liter (l or L) is not a SI unit, but not prohibitted in the SI system still now Regards, Tom -------------------------------------------------- Tomonori Sato <vef00...@nifty.ne.jp> URL: http://member.nifty.ne.jp/tsato/ ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
