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"Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)", Lehmann, H.P.;Fuentes-arderiu, X.;Bertello, L.F., Pure and Applied Chemistry 1996, 68(4), 957

absolute activity \(\lambda\)absorbed dose \(D\)absorptance \(\alpha\)absorption coefficient absorption factor acceleration \(a\)acceleration of free fall \(g\)activity activity \(A\)activity coefficient \(f\),\(\gamma \)activity \(a\)amount of substance \(n\)ampere \(\text{A}\)angle areic atmosphere atomic mass constant atomic mass \(m_{\text{a}}\)atomic mass unit atomic number \(Z\)atomic weight attenuance \(D\)attenuation coefficient Avogadro constant \(N_{\text{A}}\),\(L\)

bar base quantity base unit becquerel Boltzmann constant \(k\)

calorie candela \(\text{cd}\)capacitance \(C\)catalytic activity concentration \(b\)catalytic activity content \(z/m\)catalytic activity fraction catalytic activity \(z\)Celsius temperature \(t\),\(\theta\)centrifugal acceleration \(a_{\text{rot}}\)centrifugal force \(F_{\text{rot}}\)centrifugal radius \(r\)charge charge number \(z\)chemical amount chemical potential \(\mu _{\text{B}}\)clearance \(\Delta V/\Delta t\)coefficient coherent (derived) unit coherent system of units of measurement component concentration gradient \(\text{grad}\: C\)conductance \(G\)conductivity \(\gamma\),\(\sigma \)content coulomb \(\text{C}\)curie cycles per second catalytic concentration concentration

dalton day decay constant degree Celsius degree degree of dissociation density \(\rho\)derived quantity derived unit diffusion coefficient \(D\)dimension dimensionless quantities disintegration constant distribution constant distribution ratio \(D\)dose equivalent \(H\)

electric capacitance electric charge \(Q\)electric conductance \(G\)electric conductivity electric current \(I\)electric current density \(j\)electric field (strength) \(E\)electric mobility \(u\),\(\mu \)electric potential difference \(\Delta V\)electric resistivity electrode potential \(E\)electrokinetic potential \(\zeta\)electromotive force \(E\)electronvolt elementary charge \(e\)emittance \(\varepsilon\)enthalpy \(H\)entitic entropy \(S\)enzyme activity equilibrium constant erg extent of reaction \(\xi\)extinction extinction coefficient electric resistance E01936-0

factor farad Faraday constant flux \(J_{\text{X}}\)force \(F\)fraction free energy frequency \(f\),\(\nu \)friction factor \(\mu\)friction coefficient

gas constant Gibbs energy (function) \(G\)grafting gray

half life \(t_{1/2}\)heat capacity \(C\)henry hertz hour

illuminance \(E\),\(E_{\text{v}}\)impedance \(Z\)internal energy \(U\)international calorie ionic concentration ionic strength \(I\)ionic transport number \(t\)

joule

katal kelvin \(\text{K}\)kilogram \(\pu{kg}\)kind-of-quantity kinematic viscosity \(\nu\)kinetic energy \(E_{\text{k}}\)

length \(l\)linear absorption coefficient linear attenuation coefficient linear (decadic) absorption coefficient linear attenuation coefficient lineic litre lumen luminous flux luminous intensity \(I_{\text{v}}\)lux

mass \(m\)mass concentration \(\gamma\),\(\rho\)mass density mass density gradient \(\bigtriangledown \rho\),\(\text{grad}\: \rho\)mass flow rate \(q_{\text{m}}\)mass fraction \(w\)mass number \(A\)massic mean volume rate \(\frac{\Delta V}{\Delta t}\)measurand metre \(\text{m}\)Michaelis constant \(K_{\text{m}}\)millimetre of mercury minute molal molality \(m\),\(b\)molar molar absorptivity mole molecular weight moment of inertia \(I\),\(J\)

ångström newton number concentration \(C\),\(n\)number content \(\frac{N_{\text{B}}}{m}\)number flow rate \(q_{\text{N}}\)number fraction number of entities \(N\)numerical value

ohm osmolality \(m\)osmotic concentration \(c\)

partial mass density \(\rho_{\text{B}}\)partial specific volume \(v_{\text{B}}\)partition coefficient pascal period \(T\)pH pico plane angle poise power \(P\)pressure \(p\)

quantity quantity of dimension one

rad radian radiant energy \(Q\)radiant flux radioactivity rate rate of conversion \(\dot{\xi}\)ratio refractive index \(n\)relative relative atomic mass \(A_\text{r}\)relative density \(d\)relative molecular mass \(M_{\text{r}}\)rem repetency resistance \(R\)resistivity \(\rho\)revolutions per minute röntgen rotational frequency \(f_{\text{rot}}\)

saturation fraction \(s_{\text{B}}\)second \(\text{s}\)second sedimentation coefficient \(s\)sedimentation velocity \(v_{\text{B}}\)SI siemens sievert solid angle \(\varOmega\),\(\omega\)specific specific activity \(a\)specific conductance specific heat capacity \(c\)specific volume \(v\)speed \(\nu\),\(c\)standard atmosphere steradian stoichiometric number \(\nu\)stokes substance concentration substance content \(n/m\)substance flow rate substance fraction \(x\)surface density \(\rho_{\text{A}}\),\(\rho_{\text{S}}\)surface tension \(\gamma\),\(\sigma\)symbol system system of units Système International d'Unités

thermochemical calorie thermodynamic temperature \(T\)time \(t\)torr transmission transmittance \(T\),\(\tau\)true value \(\tau\)

unified atomic mass unit unit

value velocity \(v\),\(c\)viscosity volt volume flow rate \(q_{\text{v}}\)volume fraction \(\phi\)volumic

watt wavelength \(\lambda\)weber weight \(G\)work \(w\),\(W\)

ζ-potential zeta