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| 1 | +\chapter{Guidelines} |
| 2 | +This Chapter sets Guidelines that Units inside \cu\ should follow. |
| 3 | +\section{Prefixes} |
| 4 | +Units should use \fhref{metric prefixes}{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix} to indicate a multiple or a fraction of the unit.\\ |
| 5 | +These are as follows:\\~\\ |
| 6 | +\begin{tabular}{l c r l} |
| 7 | + \rowalign{c}{Text} & \rowalign{c}{Symbol} & \rowalign{c}{Factor} & \rowalign{c}{Power} \\ |
| 8 | + \(yotta\) & \(Y\) & 1000000000000000000000000 & \(10^{24}\) \\ |
| 9 | + \(zetta\) & \(Z\) & 1000000000000000000000 & \(10^{24}\) \\ |
| 10 | + \(exa\) & \(E\) & 1000000000000000000 & \(10^{18}\) \\ |
| 11 | + \(peta\) & \(P\) & 1000000000000000 & \(10^{15}\) \\ |
| 12 | + \(tera\) & \(T\) & 1000000000000 & \(10^{12}\) \\ |
| 13 | + \(giga\) & \(G\) & 1000000000 & \(10^{9}\) \\ |
| 14 | + \(mega\) & \(M\) & 1000000 & \(10^{6}\) \\ |
| 15 | + \(kilo\) & \(k\) & 1000 & \(10^{3}\) \\ |
| 16 | + \(hecto\) & \(h\) & 100 & \(10^{2}\) \\ |
| 17 | + \(deca\) & \(d\) & 10 & \(10^{1}\) \\ |
| 18 | + % \end{tabular}\\ |
| 19 | + % \begin{tabular}{l c l l} |
| 20 | + --- & --- & 1 & \(10^{0}\) \\ |
| 21 | + \(deci\) & \(d\) & 0.1 & \(10^{−1}\) \\ |
| 22 | + \(centi\) & \(c\) & 0.01 & \(10^{−2}\) \\ |
| 23 | + \(milli\) & \(m\) & 0.001 & \(10^{−3}\) \\ |
| 24 | + \(micro\) & \(\mu \) & 0.000001 & \(10^{−6}\) \\ |
| 25 | + \(nano\) & \(n\) & 0.000000001 &\(10^{−9}\) \\ |
| 26 | + \(pico\) & \(p\) & 0.000000000001 & \(10^{−12}\) \\ |
| 27 | + \(femto\) & \(f\) & 0.000000000000001 & \(10^{−15}\) \\ |
| 28 | + \(atto\) & \(a\) & 0.000000000000000001 & \(10^{−18}\) \\ |
| 29 | + \(zepto\) & \(z\) & 0.000000000000000000001 &\(10^{−21}\) \\ |
| 30 | + \(yocto\) & \(y\) & 0.000000000000000000000001 & \(10^{−24}\) |
| 31 | +\end{tabular} |
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