Handbook of
Formulae and
Physical Constants
For The Use Of Students And Examination Candidates
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Approved by the Interprovincial Power Engineering
Curriculum Committee and the Provincial Chief
Inspectors' Association's Committee for the
standardization of Power Engineer's Examinations n
Canada.
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Printed July 2003
Table of Contents
TOPIC PAGE
SI Multiples..........................................................................................1
Basic Units (distance, area, volume, mass, density) ............................2
Mathematical Formulae .......................................................................5
Applied Mechanics .............................................................................10
Thermodynamics.................................................................................21
Fluid Mechanics..................................................................................28
Electricity............................................................................................30
Periodic Table .....................................................................................34
Names in the Metric System
VALUE
EXPONENT
SYMBOL
PREFIX
1 000 000 000 000 1012 T
tera
1 000 000 000 109 G
giga
1 000 000 106 M
mega
1 000 103 k
kilo
100 102 h
hecto
10 101 da
deca
0.1 10-1 d
deci
0.01 10-2 c
centi
0.001 10-3 m
milli
0.000 001 10-6
µ
micro
0.000 000 001 10-9 n
nano
0.000 000 000 001 10-12 p
pico
Conversion Chart for Metric Units
