I saw in the docs that certain types of units (i.e. angles, concentration) need to be modeled as dimensionless. I'm wondering if we could consider changing this? Specifically, I would be looking for:
Angle
radian, rad
degree, deg
Concentration
mass_percent
ppm
ppb
molality (mol / kg)
molarity (mol / liter)
mol / m3
If not, no worries. Others:
Are there ever times where you will define two categories that have the same units? Example, I wanted to define specific heat capacity which has the same units as specific entropy. If so, could we add that as a category?
Can we add emissivity, ε under dimensionless?
Can we add a thermal resistance category: kelvin_per_watts, K/W
Can we add a thermal resistance per unit area category: square_meter_degree_kelvin_per_watt, m²K/W
Can we add a specific volume category: would have all same units as density, just inverse
I see mol in the docs, but could we add it to the database file under substance amount category?
Can we move watts_per_square_meter_degree_kelvin, W/m²K under a new category: thermal transmittance and also add btu_per_hour_square_foot_degrees_fahrenheit, Btu/(h⋅ft2⋅°F)
Stephen FrankWed 5 May 2021
I would support adding these units.
Note that for concentration, units of like type should be convertible. I think ppm and ppb would be convertible with each other, but not to (say) mol/kg. So you would need more than one category of units for concentration.
Cory Mosiman Tue 4 May 2021
I saw in the docs that certain types of units (i.e. angles, concentration) need to be modeled as dimensionless. I'm wondering if we could consider changing this? Specifically, I would be looking for:
Angle
Concentration
If not, no worries. Others:
specific heat capacity
which has the same units asspecific entropy
. If so, could we add that as a category?emissivity, ε
under dimensionless?thermal resistance
category:kelvin_per_watts, K/W
thermal resistance per unit area
category:square_meter_degree_kelvin_per_watt, m²K/W
specific volume
category: would have all same units as density, just inversesubstance amount
category?watts_per_square_meter_degree_kelvin, W/m²K
under a new category: thermal transmittance and also addbtu_per_hour_square_foot_degrees_fahrenheit, Btu/(h⋅ft2⋅°F)
Stephen Frank Wed 5 May 2021
I would support adding these units.
Note that for concentration, units of like type should be convertible. I think ppm and ppb would be convertible with each other, but not to (say) mol/kg. So you would need more than one category of units for concentration.