Characteristic

siemens

Notes

Symbol

S

Metric (SI) Equivalent

siemens is a metric unit (in fact, it is a derived SI unit)

Other Metric (SI) Equivalents with More Basic Units

10 deciamperes / volt

1 second3 ampere2 / kilogram meter2

Metric (SI) Dimensions

length-2 × mass-1 × time3 × electric-current2

These are the dimensions of the "electric conductance" quantity in SI units. There are other unit systems used in electromagnetics that may assign different dimensions.

Quantity

Electric Conductance