This standard is equivalent to the standard ISO 1000: 1992 "SI Units and Recommendations for the Use of Their Multiples and of Certain Other Units" and is adopted with the " International System of Units (SI)" (1991, 6th edition) issued by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.
This standard is one of a series of current national standards on quantities and units, including:
GB 3100 "SI Units and Recommendations for the Use of Their Multiples and of Certain Other Units";
GB 3101 "General Principles Concerning Quantities, Units and Symbols"
GB 3102.1 "Quantities and Units of Space and Time";
GB 3102.2 "Quantities and Units of Periodic and Related Phenomena";
GB 3102.3 "Quantities and Units of Mechanics";
GB 3102.4 "Quantities and Units of Heat";
GB 3102.5 "Quantities and Units of Electricity and Magnetism";
GB 3102.6 "Quantities and Units of Light and Related Electromagnetic Radiations";
GB 3102.7 "Quantities and Units of Acoustics";
GB 3102.8 "Quantities and Units of Physical Chemistry and Molecular Physics";
GB 3102.9 "Quantities and Units of Atomic and Nuclear Physics";
GB 3102.10 "Quantities and Units of Nuclear Reactions and Ionizing Radiations";
GB 3102.11 "Mathematical Signs and Symbols for Use in the Physical Sciences and Technology";
GB 3102.12 "Dimensionless Parameters";
GB 3102.13 "Quantities and Units of Solid State Physics"
SI is the foundation of the legal metrological units in China; all the units belonging to SI are the legal metrological units of China. Otherwise provided separately, all the measurement units specified in this standard shall be the legal metrological units of China.
