Chem Units and Prefixes

mass

kilogram (kg)

mass

kilogram (kg)

time

second (s)

temperature

kelvin (K)

amount of substance

mole (mol)

femto (f)

10^-15

ex:

1 femtosecond (fs)=1 x 10^-15 s (0.000000000000001 s)

pico (p)

10^-12

1 picometer (pm) = 1 x 10-22 m (0.000000000001 m)

nano (n)

10^-9

4 nanograms (ng) = 4 x 10-9 g (0.000000004 g)

micro (u thingy)

10^-6

1 microliter (HL) = 1 x 10-6 L (0.000001 L)

milli (m)

10^-3

2 millimoles (mmol) = 2 x 10-3 mol (0.002 mol)

centi ( c)

10^-2

7 centimeters (cm) = 7 x 10-2 m (0.07 m)

deci (d)

10^-1

1 deciliter (dL) = 1 x 10- L (0.1 L)

kilo (k)

10³

1 kilometer (km) = 1 x 103 m (1000 m)

mega (M)

10^6

3 megahertz (MHZ) = 3 X 10° Hz (3,000,000 HZ)

giga (G)

10^9

8 gigayears (Gyr) = 8 × 10° уг (8,000,000,000 yl)

tera (T)

10^12

5 terawatts (TW) = 5 x 1022 W (5,000,000,000,000 W)