Lecture 2
Weight and measure
Type of systems:
The International System of Units (SI), formerly called the metric system, is the internationally
recognized decimal system of weights and measures. The International System of Units
(Système international d'unités or SI). Today, the pharmaceutical research, manufacturing
industry and the practice of pharmacy reflect conversion to the SI system.
Centimetre-gram-second systems
Early metric systems were based on various centimetre gram second systems of units
(CGS). Each table of the SI contains a definitive, or primary, unit.
• For length, the primary unit is the meter.
• For volume, the liter.
• For weight, the gram (although technically the kilogram is considered the historic
base unit).
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Weight and measure
Type of systems:
The International System of Units (SI), formerly called the metric system, is the internationally
recognized decimal system of weights and measures. The International System of Units
(Système international d'unités or SI). Today, the pharmaceutical research, manufacturing
industry and the practice of pharmacy reflect conversion to the SI system.
Centimetre-gram-second systems
Early metric systems were based on various centimetre gram second systems of units
(CGS). Each table of the SI contains a definitive, or primary, unit.
• For length, the primary unit is the meter.
• For volume, the liter.
• For weight, the gram (although technically the kilogram is considered the historic
base unit).
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