list of scientific units named after people
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This is a list of scientific units named after people
SI base units
Ampere, electric current Andrι-Marie Ampθre
Kelvin, thermodynamic temperature Lord Kelvin
SI derived unit
Becquerel, radioactivity Henri Becquerel
Degree Celsius, temperature Anders Celsius
Coulomb, electric charge Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Farad, capacitance Michael Faraday
Gray, absorbed dose of radiation - Louis Harold Gray
Henry, inductance Joseph Henry
Hertz, frequency Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Joule, energy, work, heat James Prescott Joule
Newton, force Isaac Newton
Ohm, electrical resistance Georg Ohm
Pascal, pressure Blaise Pascal
Siemens, electrical conductance Werner von Siemens
Sievert, radiation dose equivalent Rolf Sievert
Tesla, magnetic flux density Nikola Tesla
Volt, electric potential, electromotive force Alessandro Volta
Watt, power, radiant flux James Watt
Weber, magnetic flux Wilhelm Eduard Weber
Centimeter-gram-second system of units
Biot, electric current; Jean-Baptiste Biot
Debye, electric dipole moment; Peter Debye
Gauss, magnetic induction Carl Friedrich Gauss
Maxwell, magnetic flux James Clerk Maxwell
Oersted, magnetic field strength Hans Christian Ψrsted
Galileo, acceleration; Galileo Galilei
Eotvos, gravitational gradient; Lorαnd Eφtvφs
No longer in use
Franklin, electric charge Benjamin Franklin
Others
Angstrom, distance Anders Jonas Εngstrφm
Curie, radioactivity Marie and Pierre Curie
Decibel (i.e. tenths of Bels) dimensionless proportions and ratios, e.g. relative power levels Alexander Graham Bell
Degree Fahrenheit, temperature Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Jansky, flux density Karl Jansky
Neper, relative power level John Napier
Poise, viscosity Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille
Rφntgen, dosage of X-rays or gamma radiation Wilhelm Rφntgen
Richter scale, earthquake power Charles Francis Richter
Stokes, viscosity George Gabriel Stokes
Svedberg, sedimentation rate Theodor Svedberg
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