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IEC - 80000-6

Quantities and units – Part 6: Electromagnetism

active, Most Current
Organization: IEC
Publication Date: 1 November 2022
Status: active
Page Count: 74
ICS Code (Electrical engineering (Vocabularies)): 01.040.29
ICS Code (Electricity. Magnetism. General aspects): 17.220.01
scope:

This part of IEC 80000 gives names, symbols, and definitions for quantities and units of electromagnetism. Where appropriate, conversion factors are also given.

This document is based on classical electromagnetism, i.e. mainly Maxwell's equations. No reference is made to quantum field theories.

Document History

80000-6
November 1, 2022
Quantities and units – Part 6: Electromagnetism
This part of IEC 80000 gives names, symbols, and definitions for quantities and units of electromagnetism. Where appropriate, conversion factors are also given. This document is based on classical...
IEC 80000-6
March 1, 2008
Quantities and units – Part 6: Electromagnetism
In IEC 80000-6 names, symbols, and definitions for quantities and units of electromagnetism are given. Where appropriate, conversion factors are also given.

References

This document references:
IEC 60027-1 - Letter symbols to be used in electrical technology Part 1: General Amendment 1
Published by IEC on May 1, 1997
FOREWORD This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 25: Quantities and units, and their letter symbols.
This document references:
IEC 60050-103 - International Electrotechnical Vocabulary – Part 103: Mathematics – Functions
Published by IEC on December 1, 2009
This part of IEC 60050 gives the terminology relative to functions of one or more variables. Together with IEC 60050-102, it covers the mathematical terminology used in the fields of electricity,...
This document references:
IEC 60050-113 - AMENDMENT 2 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) – Part 113: Physics for electrotechnology
Published by IEC on October 1, 2019
A description is not available for this item.
This document references:
IEC 60050-121 - AMENDMENT 4 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary (IEV) – Part 121: Electromagnetism
Published by IEC on January 1, 2021
A description is not available for this item.
This document references:
IEC 60050-131 - AMENDMENT 1 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary – Part 131: Circuit theory
Published by IEC on September 1, 2008
This part of IEC 60050 gives the general terminology used in the theory of electric and magnetic circuits, as well as general terms pertaining to circuit elements and their characteristics, to...
This document is referenced by:
PD CEN ISO/TS 23302 - Nanotechnologies - Requirements and recommendations for the identification of measurands that characterise nano-objects and materials that contain them
Published by BSI on December 31, 2021
A description is not available for this item.
This document is referenced by:
BS ISO 16142-1 - TC - Tracked Changes (Redline) - Medical devices — Recognized essential principles of safety and performance of medical devices Part 1: General essential principles and additional specific essential principles for all non-IVD medical devices and guidance on the selection of standards
Published by BSI on February 24, 2020
A description is not available for this item.
This document is referenced by:
60115-2 - Fixed resistors for use in electronic equipment – Part 2: Sectional specification: Low-power film resistors with leads for through-hole assembly on circuit boards (THT)
Published by IEC on February 1, 2023
This part of IEC 60115 is applicable to fixed low-power film resistors with termination leads for use in electronic equipment, which are typically assembled in through-hole technology (THT) on...
This document is referenced by:
60115-2-10 - Fixed resistors for use in electronic equipment – Part 2-10: Blank detail specification: Low-power film resistors with leads for through-hole assembly on circuit boards (THT), for general electronic equipment, classification level G
Published by IEC on February 1, 2023
COMMENT The text of this clause may repeat information already given in some fields of the above title block. Essential information on the special type of components covered by the drafted detail...
This document is referenced by:
IEEE 260.1 - Letter Symbols for Units of Measurement (SI Units, Customary Inch-Pound Units, and Certain Other Units)
Published by IEEE on March 25, 2004
This standard covers letter symbols 1 for units of measurement. It does not include abbreviations for technical terms, nor does it cover symbols for physical quantities. 2 The symbols given in this...
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