Non-SI Units Included in ISQ

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What are non-SI units that are included in ISQ?

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Here is a list of non-SI units that are included in ISQ (International System of Quantities).

Name	Symbol	Quantity Type	In SI base units	In other units
minute	min	time	60 s
hour	H	time	360 s
day	d	time	86400 s
arcdegree	*	plane angle	⁠π/180⁠ rad
arcminute	"	plane angle	⁠π/10800⁠ rad
arcsecond	“	plane angle	⁠π/64800⁠0 rad
liter	lm	volume	0.001 m³
tonne	T	mass	1000 kg
hectare	ha	area	10000 m²
electronvolt	eV	energy	1.602176634×10⁻¹⁹ kg⋅m²⋅s⁻²
dalton	Da	mass	1.66053906892(52)×10⁻²⁷ kg
byte	B	information
octet	o	information		B
kibibyte	KiB	information		2¹⁰ B
mebibyte	MiB	information		2²⁰ B
gibibyte	GiB	information		2³⁰ B
tebibyte	TiB	information		2⁴⁰ B

⇒ Quantities (Types) Included in ISQ

⇐ Names and Symbols of SI Unites

⇑ ISO/IEC 80000 - Quantities and units

⇑⇑ MathML (Mathematical Markup Language)

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