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Subject	convert to Kelvin	has boiling point of water	is a kind of	has proposer	has proposal date	has approval date	has equivalent	has synonym	has unit	has base unit	is a unit of	has approval agency	has definition	has proposition date	has triple point of water	has symbol	represent	is named after	has absolute zero
becquerel						May 1975	2.703 × 10-11 curies		defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	s-1	radioactivity	15th CGPM	Unit of radioactivity; 1 becquerel represents one disintegration, or other nuclear transformation, per second.			Bq		A. H. Becquerel
Celsius	add 273.15	100						Centigrade	defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	K	temperature		A mercury-in-glass temperature scale. The zero of the scale represents the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water is taken to be 100 degrees.	1710	0.01	°C		Anders Celsius (1701-1744)	-273.15
coulomb							2.998 × 109 esu		defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	s·A	charge		Unit of charge.			C	electric charge, quantity of electricity
farad									C·V-1	m-2·kg-1·s4·A2	capacitance					F
gray									J·kg-1	m2·s-2	radioactivity					Gy	absorbed dose, specific energy (imparted), kerma
henry									Wb·A-1	m2·kg·s-2·A-2	inductance					H
hertz			frequency unit						defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	s-1	frequency		A unit of frequency equal to one cycle (or wave) per second.			Hz
joule				British Association	1888	1948	9.47 × 10-9 therm		N·m	m2kg·s-2	energy	International Conference on Weights and Measures	Unit of energy, work, or quantity of heat. 1 J is equal to a force of 1 newton acting over a distance of 1 meter. 1 J = 107 ergs.			J		J. P. Joule
katal									defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	s-1·mol						kat	catalytic activity
lumen									cd·sr	m2·m-2·cd = cd						lm	luminous flux
lux									lm·m-2	m2·m-4·cd = m-2·cd						lx	illuminance
newton							105 dynes		defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	m·kg·s-2	force quantity		The SI derived unit of force, equal to the force necessary to give an acceleration of 1 meter per second2 to a mass of 1 kg.			N
ohm									V·A-1	m2·kg·s-3·A-2	resistance					Ω
pascal							10-5 bars		N·m-2	m-1·kg·s-2	pressure		The derived SI unit of pressure.			Pa
radian				James Thomson	1873		57.29578°		defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	m·m-1 = 1	angle		A measure of angular distance; 2π radians equals 360 degrees.			rad
siemens								reciprocal ohm	A·V-1	m-2·kg-1·s3·A2	conductance		The SI unit of electrical conduction.			S	electric conductance
sievert									J·kg-1	m2·s-2	radioactivity					Sv	dose equavalent
steradian					1880	1900			defined in terms of derived SI unit via a system of quantity equations	m2·m-2 = 1	solid angle		Unit of solid (three-dimensional) angular measure. One steradian is equal to the angle subtended at the centre of a sphere by an area of surface equal to the square of the radius. The surface of a sphere subtends an angle of 4π steradians at its centre.			sr, Ω0
tesla							104gauss		Wb·m-2	kg·s-2·A-1	magnetic flux density		The derived SI unit of magnetic flux density.			T
volt									W·A-1	m2·kg·s-3·A-1						V
watt							107 ergs s-1		J·s-1	m2·kg·s-3	power		Unit of power.			W
weber							108 maxwells		V·s	m2·kg·s-2·A-1	magnetic flux		The derived SI unit of magnetic flux.			Wb

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