Re: [Phys-l] SI unit for time

[Larry Smith <larry.smith@snow.edu>]

At 1:07 PM -0500 9/8/08, Bill Nettles wrote:
> You could avoid that problem by recording the mass in kilograms (kg), and
> never use unit symbols in a formula.  v^2 = 2gh, g is grav. accel.  m =
> 0.005 kg = 5 g, g is symbol for grams, but the kg removes the ambiguity.
> I guess if you ever multiplied the Boltzmann constant by the grav. accel.
> there would be the possibility of confusion, but you've always got to pay
> attention to context.


Even then the g for gravitational constant is italicized and the g for gram
is not.

Larry