Mass Quantity and Units

Mass is a SI base quantity. Definitions are provided in namespace mass. The base quantity defines derived quantity types KiloGramClass, and Variable Mass, Constant MassConstant, and VariableVector MassVector.

The Dimension of Mass is $(0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)$ .

Mass defines the following Units:

Gram (prefixable)
ElectronMass
Dalton
U
Gamma
Tonne (prefixable)
Pound
Ounce
TroyOunce
Grain

The default unit is KiloGram (kg). The default name in the base quantity is `mass', and the default symbol is `m'. The derived quantity does not overwrite these values.

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