Bab 1
Quantity, Unit, and Measurement
1. Quantities
a. Base Quantities
Characteristic :
- They are not
derivations of other quantities.
- They can produce
or derive other quantities.
Base Quantities and
Function
- Length (L) = To
express the length, width, etc. (metre (m))
- Mass (M) = To
express mass of an object (kilogram (kg))
- Time (T) = To
express time duration of an event (second (S))
- Electric current
(I) = To express the strength of electric current (ampere)
- Temperature = To
express the warmness of things (kelvin)
- Light intensity
(J) = To express the brightness of light irradiation (candela)
- Amount of
substance (N) = To express the amount of particles composing things (mol)
b. Derived Quantities
Definition : All physical
quantities except the base quantities
Example : Volume, mass density, velocity, etc.
volume = combination of length, length, and
length
mass density = combination of mass,
length, length, and length
velocity = combination of length and time
c. Measurement
Definition = is the comparison of the magnitude
of quantity with the value of measuring devices
2. Units
a. S1 units
Base quantities
|
Unit
|
Abbreviation
|
Length
|
Meter
|
M
|
Mass
|
Kilogram
|
Kg
|
Time
|
Second
|
S
|
Electric
Current
|
Ampere
|
A
|
Temperature
|
Kelvin
|
K
|
Light
intensity
|
Candela
|
Cd
|
Amount
of substance
|
mole
|
Mol
|
b. Derived S1
Because derived quantities are combination of base
quantities, the units of the derived quantities are combinations of units of
the corresponding base quantities. For example : unit of velocity=m/s
c. Prefixes of units
Prefixes
|
Symbols
|
Multiplication Factors
|
|
More than One
|
|
Kilo
|
K
|
10^3
|
Mega
|
M
|
10^6
|
Giga
|
G
|
10^9
|
Tera
|
T
|
10^12
|
Peta
|
P
|
10^15
|
exa
|
E
|
10^18
|
|
Less than one
|
|
Milli
|
m
|
10^-3
|
Micro
|
Micro
|
10^-6
|
Nano
|
n
|
10^-9
|
Piko
|
p
|
10^-12
|
Femto
|
f
|
10^-15
|
Atto
|
a
|
10^-18
|
|
Other frequently used prefixes
|
|
Deci
|
d
|
10^-1
|
Centi
|
c
|
10^-2
|
angstrom
|
A
|
10^-12
|
2.
Measurement
·
Measuring
is the process to know the quantities of the object in standard units
·
The
tools are ruler, vernier caliper, micro meter
a. Ruler
Smallest
scale = mm (1 mm)
Uncertainty
: ½ smallest scale (05 mm)
Precision :
same calculation and uncertainty
b. Vernier Caliper
Smallest
scale : 0.1 mm
Uncertainty
: ½ smallest scale (0.05Precision : same calculation with Uncertainty
Contuns
base scale and nonius scale
c. Micro meter
Smallest
scale : 0.01 mm
Uncertainty
: ½ x 0.01 : 0.005 mm
Precision :
½ x 0.01 : 0.005 mm
·
Factors
are different tools or device, human error, environment , factor superstition
·
Report
the measurement result :
X=Xoriginal +/- deltaX
Xoriginal : calculation result
Delta x : Uncertainty
·
Current
measurement result
3.
Dimension
Base Quantity
|
Dimension
|
Length
|
(L)
|
Mass
|
(M)
|
Time
|
(T)
|
Current
|
(I)
|
Temperature
|
(Teta)
|
Light intensity
|
(J)
|
Number of substance
|
(N)
|
Example
:
·
3
kg + 2 N = 3.2 Kg
(M) + (M) . (L) (T)^-2
(M)^2(L)(T)
·
(v)
= (s)/(t) = (L)/(t) = (L)(T)^-1
·
(a)
= (v)/(t) = (L)(T)^-1/(T) = (L)(T)^-2
4.
Significant figure
Rules :
Ø
All
non zero digits are considered significant
Ex
: 91 has two significant figure
12345 has five significant figure
Ø
Zeros
appearing anywhere between two non-zero digits are significant
Ex
: 104.2356 has seven significant figures
Ø
All
number in scientific notation are scientific figures
Ø
Leading
zero are not significant figure
Ex
: 0.00000236 has 3 significant figures.
Ø Trailing
zero in a number containing a decimal point are significant.
Ex
: 13.2500 has six significant figures
0.0000125600 still has six significant
figures
150.00 has five significant figures
since it has three trailing zero.
Multiplication
and Division
0.628 cm x
2.2 cm = 1.38226 cm^2
= 1.4 cm^2 (2 sf)
4.554 x 105
kg : 3.00 x 10^2 kg = 1.5718 x 10^5-2
= 1.52 10^3 (3 sf)