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    The document provides information about units accepted by the LON-CAPA program, including base SI units, common derived units, and other physical units. It lists units for length, mass, time, temperature, amount of substance, electric current, luminous intensity, and more. The document warns students that some notations used for entering answers into LON-CAPA, like using "u" instead of "μ", would be incorrect on exams and should not be used outside the program. It also provides details on how prefixed and derived units are interpreted by LON-CAPA.

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    The document provides information about units accepted by the LON-CAPA program, including base SI units, common derived units, and other physical units. It lists units for length, mass, time, temperature, amount of substance, electric current, luminous intensity, and more. The document warns students that some notations used for entering answers into LON-CAPA, like using "u" instead of "μ", would be incorrect on exams and should not be used outside the program. It also provides details on how prefixed and derived units are interpreted by LON-CAPA.

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    The document provides information about units accepted by the LON-CAPA program, including base SI units, common derived units, and other physical units. It lists units for length, mass, time, temperature, amount of substance, electric current, luminous intensity, and more. The document warns students that some notations used for entering answers into LON-CAPA, like using "u" instead of "μ", would be incorrect on exams and should not be used outside the program. It also provides details on how prefixed and derived units are interpreted by LON-CAPA.

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    The document provides information about units accepted by the LON-CAPA program, including base SI units, common derived units, and other physical units. It lists units for length, mass, time, temperature, amount of substance, electric current, luminous intensity, and more. The document warns students that some notations used for entering answers into LON-CAPA, like using "u" instead of "μ", would be incorrect on exams and should not be used outside the program. It also provides details on how prefixed and derived units are interpreted by LON-CAPA.

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    LON-CAPA Units

    You can see the full list of units currently accepted by LON-CAPA by clicking on the small blue
    question-mark symbol that appears whenever you enter units that are not understood by the
    program. The following tables are adapted from the LON-CAPA help file about acceptable units.
    You can only use the symbols shown when entering the units. For example, you must use “35 kg”,
    not “35 kilograms”. Combinations of units are written as “kg*m/s^2”, “J/(g*K)”, etc.
    _________________________________________________________

    Some Physical Units Accepted by LON-CAPA

    Base Units
    Prefixes
    name symbol quantity
    meter m length Prefix symbol factor
    kilogram kg mass yotta Y 1024
    second s time zetta Z 1021
    ampere A electric current exa E 1018
    kelvin K thermodynamic temperature peta P 1015
    mole mol amount of substance tera T 1012
    candela cd luminous intensity giga G 109
    mega M 106
    kilo k 103
    Common SI Derived Units hecto h 102
    deci d 10-1
    name symbol description centi c 10-2
    radian rad plane angle milli m 10-3
    degree deg plane angle (π rad = 180 deg) micro u 10-6
    steradian sr solid angle nano n 10-9
    newton N force pico p 10-12
    joule J energy, work, heat femto f 10-15
    watt W power, radiant flux atto a 10-18
    pascal Pa pressure, stress zepto z 10-21
    hertz Hz frequency yocto y 10-24
    coulomb C electric charge
    volt V electric potential,
    electromotive force Derived Units used in Chemistry
    ohm ohm electric resistance
    farad F electric capacitance name symbol description
    henry H inductance liter L volume
    tesla T magnetic flux density gram g mass
    weber Wb magnetic flux amu amu atomic
    electronvolt eV energy mass unit
    becquerel Bq activity (radioactive) calorie cal energy
    gray Gy absorbed dose torr torr pressure
    (of radiation) mm Hg mmHg pressure
    sievert Sv dose equivalent atm atm standard
    (dose equivalent index) atmosphere
    Some Other Physical Units Accepted by LON-CAPA

    name symbol description


    ounce oz mass
    pound lb mass
    pound_force lbf force
    dyne dyn force
    hour hr time
    minute min time
    day day time
    year yr time
    astroUnit AU mean distance earth to sun
    inch in length
    foot ft length
    mile mi length
    yard yd length
    nautical_mile n_mi length, nautical mile (UK)
    rood rood area
    acre acre area
    bar bar pressure
    Btu Btu energy
    ohm ohms electric resistance
    ohm Ohm electric resistance
    ohm Ohms electric resistance
    siemens S electric conductance
    lumen lm luminous flux
    lux lx illuminance

    Warning to students:
    You must remember that some of the ways you enter answers into LON-CAPA are wrong if used on an
    exam, quiz, or in a lab report. They are used here because your computer keyboard does not have
    Greek letters or a universal way of designating a superscript or subscript. The “micro” prefix μ is one
    of those problem areas. You must enter um or uF when using LON-CAPA, but must write μm or μF
    when doing anything else. This computer-only notation will be marked wrong on exams. Similarly,
    you must use superscripts and subscripts correctly on everything else you do in your course. Using a
    shortcut for scientific notation (such as 6.02e-9 for 6.02 H 10-9) or for chemical formulas (such as H2O
    for H2O) is not acceptable and should never be used outside of LON-CAPA.

    _________________________________________________________

    Computer Geek Details

    The coded units are interpreted in the order of basic unit, derived unit, then prefix. For example,
    “min” will match “minutes” instead of being treated as a combination of the prefix “m” and the unit
    “in”. Further, “T” by itself will always be matched against “tesla” instead of considered shorthand for
    1012 (which would be improper usage in any case).

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