On Sun, 7 Sep 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ... > All SI prefix multiples of the coherent SI units are SI units. > Reference: IEEE/ASTM SI 10 -2002 2.2 SI prefixes > "The term SI units includes the SI base units, the > SI derived units, and all units formed from them > using the SI prefixes."
The above assertions contradict statements in the BIPM Brochure. For example, on Page 92 of the Brochure is the statement: "It is important to emphasize that each physical quantity has only one SI unit, ..." The BIPM Brochure, strictly based on resolutions of the CGPM, is the official document on the SI; not SI 10. SI 10 misrepresents the meaning of "SI Units" and "multiples and submultiples of SI Units" as presently defined by the CGPM and BIPM and understood internationally, except by readers of SI 10. Gene.
