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 A11.  SOME NON-SI UNITS IN COMMON USE 

It is recognized that some non-SI units are widely used and are expected to continue to be used for many years.  So, the CIPM has accepted some non-SI units for use with the SI; a few of the more commonly met are tabulated below.

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Working with these non-SI units loses some advantages of the SI.  The SI prefixes can be used with some of these units, but not, for example, with the non-SI units of time.

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