BIPM - Resolution 10 of the 15th CGPM

Resolution 10 of the 15th CGPM (1975)

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	SI prefixes peta and exa*		(9)	(11)

The 15th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM),

decides to add to the list of SI prefixes to be used for multiples,which was adopted by the 11th CGPM, Resolution 12, paragraph 3, the two following prefixes:

Multiplying factor	Prefix	Symbol

10¹⁵	peta	P
10¹⁸	exa	E

Reference:

Comptes Rendus de la 15^e CGPM (1975), 1976, 106

Metrologia, 1975, 11(4), 180-181

Note:

New prefixes were added by the 19th CGPM in 1991 (Resolution 4).