Base Quantities
- Base quantities are the quantities that cannot be defined in term of other physical quantity.
- The 5 base quantities and its units are as in the table below:
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- In SPM, you need to remember all five base quantities and their SI unit.
- Take note that, the unit of temperature is Kelvin but not Celsius.