EN 80000-6:2008

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Quantities and units - Part 6: Electromagnetism (IEC 80000-6:2008)
Größen und Einheiten -Teil 6: Elektromagnetismus (IEC 80000-6:2008)
Grandeurs et unités - Partie 6: Électromagnétisme (CEI 80000-6:2008)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 80000-6:2008
ICS:
01.060 9HOLþLQHLQHQRWH Quantities and units
17.220.01 Elektrika. Magnetizem. Electricity. Magnetism.
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2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 80000-6
NORME EUROPÉENNE
May 2008
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 01.040.29. 17.220.01
English version
Quantities and units -
Part 6: Electromagnetism
(IEC 80000-6:2008)
Grandeurs et unités -  Größen und Einheiten -
Partie 6: Électromagnétisme Teil 6: Elektromagnetismus
(CEI 80000-6:2008) (IEC 80000-6:2008)

This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2008-04-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply
with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard
the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the Central Secretariat or to any CENELEC member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified
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Ref. No. EN 80000-6:2008 E
Foreword
The text of document 25/370/FDIS, future edition 1 of IEC 80000-6, prepared by IEC TC 25, Quantities
and units, and their letter symbols, in close cooperation with ISO TC 12, Quantities, units, symbols,
conversion factors, was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 80000-6 on 2008-04-01.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2009-01-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2011-04-01
Annex ZA has been added by CENELEC.
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 80000-6:2008 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.

NOTE  When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year

1)
IEC 60027-1 1992 Letter symbols to be used in electrical EN 60027-1 2006
technology -
Part 1: General
2)
IEC 60050-111 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
-
(IEV) -
Chapter 111: Physics and chemistry

2)
IEC 60050-121 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
-
(IEV) -
Part 121: Electromagnetism
2)
IEC 60050-131 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary - -
-
(IEV) -
Part 131: Circuit theory
ISO 31-0 1992 Quantities and units - - -
Part 0: General principles
ISO 80000-3 2006 Quantities and units - - -
Part 3: Space and time
ISO 80000-4 2006 Quantities and units - - -
Part 4: Mechanics
1)
EN 60027-1 is based on IEC 60027-1:1995 (Reprint) + A1:1997.
2)
Undated reference.
IEC 80000-6
Edition 1.0 2008-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Quantities and units –
Part 6: Electromagnetism
Grandeurs et unités –
Partie 6: Electromagnétisme
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
W
CODE PRIX
ICS 01.040.29; 17.220.01 ISBN 2-8318-9624-X

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3

0 Introduction .5
0.1 Arrangements of the tables .5
0.2 Tables of quantities .5
0.3 Tables of units.5
0.3.1 General .5
0.3.2 Remark on units for quantities of dimension one, or dimensionless
quantities.6
0.4 Numerical statements in this standard .6
0.5 Special remarks .7
0.5.1 System of quantities .7
0.5.2 Sinusoidal quantities .7
1 Scope.9
2 Normative references .9
3 Names, symbols, and definitions .9

Annex A (informative) Units in the Gaussian CGS system with special names .36

Bibliography.37

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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QUANTITIES AND UNITS –
Part 6: Electromagnetism
FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
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patent rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 80000-6 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 25:
Quantities and units, and their letter symbols in close cooperation with ISO/TC 12, Quantities,
units, symbols, conversion factors.
This first edition of IEC 80000-6 cancels and replaces the second edition of ISO 31-5,
published in 1992, and its amendment 1 (1998).
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
25/370/FDIS 25/376/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this standard can be found in the report on
voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

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The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
the maintenance result date indicated on the IEC web site under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in
the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
IEC 80000 consists of the following parts, under the general title Quantities and units:
– Part 6: Electromagnetism
– Part 13: Information science and technology
– Part 14: Telebiometrics related to human physiology
The following parts are published by ISO:
– Part 1: General
– Part 2: Mathematical signs and symbols to be used in the natural sciences and technology
– Part 3: Space and time
– Part 4: Mechanics
– Part 5: Thermodynamics
– Part 7: Light
– Part 8: Acoustics
– Part 9: Physical chemistry and molecular physics
– Part 10: Atomic and nuclear physics
– Part 11: Characteristic numbers
– Part 12: Solid state physics

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0 Introduction
0.1 Arrangements of the tables
The tables of quantities and units in ISO/IEC 80000 are arranged so that the quantities are
presented on the left-hand pages and the units on the corresponding right-hand pages.
All units between two full lines on the right-hand pages belong to the quantities between the
corresponding full lines on the left-hand pages.
Where the numbering of an item has been changed in the revision of a part of ISO 31, the
number in the preceding edition is shown in parenthesis on the left-hand page under the new
number for the quantity; a dash is used to indicate that the item in question did not appear in
the preceding edition.
0.2 Tables of quantities
The names in English and in French of the most important quantities within the field of this
document are given together with their symbols and, in most cases, their definitions. These
names and symbols are recommendations. The definitions are given for identification of the
quantities in the International System of Quantities (ISQ), listed on the left hand pages of
Table 1; they are not intended to be complete.
The scalar, vectorial or tensorial character of quantities is pointed out, especially when this is
needed for the definitions.
In most cases only one name and only one symbol for the quantity are given; where two or
more names or two or more symbols are given for one quantity and no special distinction is
made, they are on an equal footing. When two types of italic letters exist (for example as with
ϑ and θ; φ and φ; a and a; g and g) only one of these is given. This does not mean that the
other is not equally acceptable. It is recommended that such variants should not be given
different meanings. A symbol within parenthesis implies that it is a reserve symbol, to be used
when, in a particular context, the main symbol is in use with a different meaning.
In this English edition the quantity names in French are printed in an italic font, and are preceded by fr.
The gender of the French name is indicated by (m) for masculine and (f) for feminine, immediately after
the noun in the French name.
0.3 Tables of units
0.3.1 General
The names of units for the corresponding quantities are given together with the international
symbols and the definitions. These unit names are
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