Part 11 of Chapter 1 in Chemistry

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This lesson gives the Table of Prefixes Used with SI Units for the impaired at Grandma's Place of Natural Learning. In repeat, "Other SI units are derived by combining prefixes with a base unit. The prefixes represent multiples or fractions of 10. The following table gives some prefixes used in the metric system. PREFIXES USED WITH SI UNITS Prefix Symbol Meaning Exponential Notation exa- E 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 10 to the 18th peta- P 1,000,000,000,000,000 10 to the 15th tera- T 1,000,000,000,000 10 to the 12th giga- G 1,000,000,000 10 to the 9th mega- M 1,000,000 10 to the 6th kilo k 1,000 10 to the 3rd hecto- h 100 10 to the 2nd deka- da 10 10 to the 1st --- ---- 1 10 to the 0 deci- d 0,1 10 to the -1 centi- c 0,01 10 to the -2 milli- m 0.001 10 to the -3 micro- u or u over r 0.000 001 10 to the -6 nano- n 0,000 000 001 10 to the -9 pico- p 0.000 000 000 001 10 to the -12 femto- t 0.000 000 000 000 001 10 to the -15 atto- a 0,000 000 000 000 000 001 10 to the -18