RE: Standards for units and values

Subject: RE: Standards for units and values
From: "Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>
To: "'Hauglie, Joe'" <jhauglie -at- ti -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 14:48:59 -0700

Look through the IEEE standard. 14.4 might be the most helpful. Use a
space, no hyphen.

http://standards.ieee.org/guides/style/

Lauren


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> Subject: Standards for units and values
>
> Hi, everyone. I've got a thorny (and emotionally charged)
> question to ask. Here's the issue:
>
> What are the acceptable standards for writing numbers and
> units? In abbreviating units, for example V for volts, do the
> standards support using a space before the unit or not?
>
> Example:
> with space
> 36 V
> 24.5 pF
>
> without space
> 36V
> 24.5pF
>
> To follow on, if the standards support using a space, do they
> also support using a hyphen when using the number/unit as an
> adjective or descriptive phrase, or not?
>
> Example:
> 36-V reference
> or
> 36 V reference
>
> 24.5-pF capacitor
> or
> 24.5 pF capacitor
>
> Most importantly, I need to have a published reference that
> supports your usage position.
>
> Many thanks -
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Joe Hauglie
> Technical Editor
> Texas Instruments
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