From The Chemistry Book
The International Standards of Measure
Système International d'Unités (SI) is the internationally recognized standard metric system.
SI base units
| Base quantity | Name | (Symbol) |
| length | meter | (m) |
| mass | kilogram | (kg) |
| time | second | (s) |
| electric current | ampere | (A) |
| thermodynamic temperature | kelvin | (K) |
| amount of substance | mole | (mol) |
| luminous intensity | candela | (cd) |
SI Prefixes are added to the front of the SI base units.
