Resolution-CGPM-15-10

Resolution 10 of the 15th CGPM (1975)

SI prefixes peta and exa

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

DOI : 10.59161/CGPM1975RES10E

reference
Proceedings of the 15th CGPM (1975), 1976, p106
Metrologia, 1975, 11(4), 179-183
The reader should note that the official version of this Resolution is the French text

NOTE

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

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