CSA Z234.1 : 0

Technical committee on international system of
  units (SI)
Preface
0 Introduction
    0.1 General
    0.2 International authorities
    0.3 Examples of CGPM and CIPM decisions
1 Scope
2 Definitions, abbreviations, and reference
    publications
    2.1 Definitions
    2.2 Abbreviations and acronyms
    2.3 Reference publications
3 Quantities and units
    3.1 Physical quantities, units, and numerical
           values
    3.2 Physical equations and coherence
4 International system of units (SI)
    4.1 General
    4.2 Base units
    4.3 Derived units
    4.4 SI prefixes
    4.5 Rules for writing unit names and symbols
    4.6 Rules for writing quantities
    4.7 Use of SI units and their multiples
    4.8 Units formed by multiplication or division
    4.9 Rules for writing numbers
5 Units outside the SI
    5.1 General
    5.2 Units used with the SI
    5.3 Units that shall not be used with the SI
6 Explanatory notes on some quantities and units employed
    in science and technology
    6.1 General
    6.2 Length
    6.3 Area
    6.4 Volume
    6.5 Velocity and speed
    6.6 Acceleration
    6.7 Mass
    6.8 Density
    6.9 Force
    6.10 Stress, pressure, and vacuum
    6.11 Second moment of area
    6.12 Viscosity
    6.13 Permeance and permeability
    6.14 Energy and work
    6.15 Loads, loadings, and capacities
    6.16 Power
    6.17 Temperature
    6.18 Coefficients of expansion
    6.19 Heat transfer
    6.20 Heat capacity
    6.21 Entropy
    6.22 Specific enthalpy
    6.23 Electric charge
    6.24 Electric resistance, reactance, and impedance
    6.25 Electric conductance, susceptance, and admittance
    6.26 Level of quantity
    6.27 Amount of substance
    6.28 Concentration
    6.29 Nuclear cross-section
    6.30 Time-related phenomena
    6.31 Dose equivalent
7 Recommended units and quantity symbols
8 Other Canadian legal units
    8.1 General
    8.2 Quebec
9 Conversion factors
    9.1 Conversion factors
    9.2 Acceleration
    9.3 Area
    9.4 Capacity
    9.5 Concentration
    9.6 Density
    9.7 Electricity and magnetism
    9.8 Energy
    9.9 Force
    9.10 Heat (flow, capacity, and conductivity)
    9.11 Length
    9.12 Light
    9.13 Mass
    9.14 Mass per unit area
    9.15 Mass per unit length
    9.16 Moment of inertia
    9.17 Momentum
    9.18 Momentum, angular
    9.19 Nuclear
    9.20 Permeability
    9.21 Power
    9.22 Pressure or stress (force per unit area)
    9.23 Temperature
    9.24 Time
    9.25 Torque (moment of force)
    9.26 Velocity (speed)
    9.27 Viscosity (also named dynamic viscosity)
    9.28 Volume
    9.29 Volume rate of flow
    9.30 Weight
10 Conversion of numerical values
    10.1 General
    10.2 Terminology
    10.3 Significant digits
    10.4 Uncertainty of measurement
11 Manipulation of numerical data
    11.1 General
    11.2 Rounding of data
    11.3 Exact counts
    11.4 Addition or subtraction
    11.5 Multiplication or division
Appendices
A - Administrative structure resulting from the metre convention
B - Summary of the basic SI rules
C - Internet resources
D - Equations, coherence, and conversion factors
E - Definitions of the SI base units
F - Conversions Procedures
Index

This is a guide for the application of International Systems of Units (SI). It contains information on SI units, recommended application of multiples and sub-multiples of the units, conversion factors that relate the SI to other systems of units, up-to-date terminology concerning the names of quantities, dual dimensioning, and conversion and rounding data.