John, The "SI Unit" of area is the meter squared. The "hectare" is in Table 8. of the BIPM Brochure on the SI under the heading "Other non-SI units currently accepted for use with the International System of Units." The units in table 8 are deprecated by the comment "Their use is not encouraged."
On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, john mercer wrote: > Hello could someone please tell me what the proper S I unit is to measure > land area? > What is the way to measure volume of apliances such as deep > freezers and fridges? Is it cubic meters or liters? Thanks. The "SI Unit" of volume is the meter cubed. However, the liter is in Table 6 of the BIPM Brochure under the heading "Non-SI units accepted for use with the International System" so you are free to use the liter for volumes of freezers and refrigerators. You can download a copy of the Brochure on the SI from the BIPM Web Site. Search for BIPM. Gene Mechtly.
