Dimensional Formulae of Physical Quantities
[Link] Physical Quantity Relationship with other Remark Dimensional
physical quantities Formula
1. Area Length breadth 0 2 0
[M L T ]
2. Volume Length breadth height [M L3 T0]
3. Mass density Mass/volume [M L–3 T0]
4. Frequency 1/time period [M0 L0 T–1]
5. Velocity, speed Displacement/time [M0 L T–1]
6. Acceleration Velocity/time [M0 L T–2]
7. Force Mass Acceleration [M L T–2]
8. Impulse Force Time [M L T–1]
9. Work, Energy Force Distance [M L2 T–2]
10. Power Work/Time [M L2 T–3]
11. Momentum Mass Velocity [M L T–1]
12. Pressure, stress Force/Area [M L–1 T2]
13. Strain change in dimension [M0 L0 T0]
Original dimension
14. Modulus of elasticity Stress/Strain [M L–1 T–2]
15. Surface tension Force/Length [M L0 T–2]
16. Surface energy Energy/Area [M L0 T–2]
17. Velocity gradient Velocity/distance [M0 L0 T–1]
18. Pressure gradient Pressure/distance [M L–2 T–2]
19. Pressure energy Pressure volume [M L2 T–2]
20. Coefficient of Force/area velocity [M L–1 T–1]
viscosity gradient
21. Angle, Angular Arc/radius [M0 L0 T0]
displacement
22. Trigonometric ratio Length/length [M0 L0 T0]
(sin, cos, tan, etc).
23. Angular velocity Angle/time [M0 L0 T–1]
24. Angular acceleration Angular velocity/time [M0 L0 T–2]
25. Radius of gyration Distance [M0 L T0]
26. Moment of inertia Mass (radius of gyration)2 [M L2 T0]
27. Angular momentum Moment of inertial angular [M L2 T–1]
velocity
28. Moment of force, Force distance [M L2 T–2]
moment of couple
29. Torque Angular momentum/time [M L2 T–2]
Or
Force distance
30. Angular frequency 2 Frequency [M0 L0 T–1]
31. Wavelength Distance [M0 L T0]
32. Hubble constant Recession speed/distance [M0 L0 T–1]
33. Intensity of wave (Energy/time)/area [M L0 T–3]
34. Radiation pressure Intensity of wave [M L–1 T–2]
Speed of light
35. Energy density Energy/volume [M L–1 T–2]
36. Critical velocity Reynold's number coefficient of viscocity [M0 L T–1]
Mass density radius
37. Escape velocity (2 acceleration due to [M0 L T–1]
gravity earth’s radius)1/2
38. Heat energy, internal Work (= Force distance) [M L2 T–2]
energy
39. Kinetic energy (1/2) mass (velocity)2 [M L2 T–2]
40. Potential energy Mass acceleration due to
gravity height
41. Rotational kinetic ½ moment of inertia [M L2 T–2]
energy (angular velocity)2
42. Efficiency output work or energy [M0 L0 T0]
Input work or energy
43. Angular impulse Torque time [M L2 T–1]
44. Gravitational constant Force (distance ) [M–1 L3 T–2]
2
mass mass
45. Planck constant Energy/frequency [M L2 T–1]
46. Heat capacity, entropy Heat energy/temperature [M L2 T–2 K–1]
47. Specific heat capacity Heat Energy [M0 L2 T–2 K–1]
Mass temperature
48. Latent heat Heat energy/mass [M0 L2 T–2]
49. Thermal expansion change in dimension [M0 L0 K–1]
coefficient or thermal Original dimension temperature
expansivity
50. Thermal conductivity Heat energy thickness [M L T–3 K–1]
Area temperature time
51. Bulk modulus or volume (change in pressure ) [M L–1 T–2]
(compressibility)–1 (change in volume )
52. Centripetal (Velocity)2 / radius [M0 L T–2]
acceleration
53. Stefan constant (Energ/area time ) [M L0 T–3 K–4]
(Temperature)4
54. Wien constant Wavelength temperature [M0 LT0 K]
55. Boltzmann constant Energy/temperature [ML2 T–2 K–1]
56. Universal gas constant Pressure volume [ML2 T–2 K–1
mole temperature mol–1]
57. Charge Current time [M0 L0 TA]
58. Current density Current/area [M0 L–2 T0A]
59. Voltage, electric Work/charge [ML2 T–3A–1]
potential,
electromotive force
60. Resistance Potential difference [ML2 T–3A–2]
Current
2
61. Capacitance Charge/potential difference [M–1 L–2 T4A2]
62. Electrical resistivity or Resistance area [ML3 T–3A–2]
(electrical length
conductivity)–1
63. Electric field Electrical force/charge [MLT–3A–1]
64. Electric flux Electric field area [ML3 T–3A–1]
65. Electric dipole Torque/electric field [M0 LTA]
moment
66. Electric field strength Potential difference [MLT–3 A–1]
or electric intensity distance
67. Magnetic field, Force [ML0 T–2A–1]
magnetic flux density, Current length
magnetic induction
68. Magnetic flux Magnetic field area [ML2 T–2A–1]
69. Inductance Magnetic flux [ML2 T–2A–2]
Current
70. Magnetic dipole Torque/magnetic field or [M0 L2 T0A]
moment current area
71. Magnetic field Magnetic moment [M0 L–1 T0A]
strength, magnetic Volume
intensity or magnetic
moment density
72. Permittivity constant Charge charge [M–1 L–3 T4A2]
(or free space) 4π electric force (distance )
2
73. Permeability constant 2π force distance [MLT–2A–2]
(of free space) current current length
74. Refractive index Speed of light in vacuum [M0 L0 T0]
Speed of light in medium
75. Faraday constant Avogadro constant [M0 L0 TA
elementary charge mol–1]
76. Wave number 2/wavelength [M0 L–1 T0]
77. Radiant flux, Radiant Energy emitted/time [M L2 T–3]
power
78. Luminosity of radiant Radiant power or radiant flus of source [M L2 T–3]
flux or radiant Solid angle
intensity
79. Luminous power or Luminous energy emitted [M L2 T–3]
luminous flux of time
source
80. Luminous intensity of Luminous flux [M L2 T–3]
illuminating power of Solid angle
source
81. Intensity of Luminous intensity [M L0 T–3]
illumination or (distance )2
luminance
3
82. Relative luminosity Luminous flux of a source [M0 L0 T0]
of given wave length
luminous flux of peak sensitivity
wavelength (555nm ) sourc e
of same power
83. Luminous efficiency Total luminous flux [M0 L0 T0]
Total radiant flux
84. Illuminance or Luminous flux incident [M L0 T–3]
illumination area
85. Mass defect (sum of masses of nucleons) [M L0 T0]
– (mass of the nucleus)
86. Binding energy of Mass defect (speed of light [ML2 T–2]
nucleus in vacuum)2
87. Decay constant 0.693/half life [M0 L0 T–1]
[M0 L0 A0 T–1]
88. Resonant frequency
(Inductance capacitance)− 2
1
89. Quality factor or Q- Resonant frequency inductance [M0 L0 T0]
factor of coil Resistance
90. Power of lens (Focal length)–1 [M0 L–1 T0]
91. Magnification Image distance [M0 L0 T0]
Object distance
92. Fluid flow rate (π/8)(pressure ) (radius )4 [M0 L3 T–1]
(viscosity coefficient ) (length )
93. Capacitive reactance (Angular frequency [ML2 T–3A–2]
capacitance)–1
94. Inductive reactance (Angular frequency [ML2 T–3A–2]
inductance)
