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SI base units
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On the possible future revision of the SI
Workshop on Physiological Quantities and SI Units
Brief history of the SI
Linking SI base units to fundamental and atomic constants
Unit conversions
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Direct access

Official values of conversion factors
  • can be found in the multi-part international standard ISO/IEC 80000, which can be purchased from the usual ISO and IEC outlets;
  • may also be consulted on-line in Appendix B of NIST Special Publication 811.

  • The CODATA internationally recommended values for the fundamental physical constants are available from the NIST site.

    Several on-line unit conversion facilities exist, and links to a number of these are provided by the NIST. The BIPM has no plans to develop its own on-line conversion programs.