Revolutions per minute velocity. The corresponding basic SI derived unit is s or Hz. When measuring angular speed, the unit radians per second is used. Formally, hertz (Hz) and radian per second (rad/s) are two different names for the same SI unit, s. However, they are used for two different but proportional ISQ quantities: frequency and angular frequency (angular speed, magnitude of angular velocity). The conversion between a frequency (measured in hertz) and an angular velocity (measured in radians per second) are: Thus a disc rotating at 60 rpm is said to be rotating at either 2 rad/s or 1 Hz, where the
Revolutions per minute Revolutions per minute Revolutions per minute (abbreviated rpm, RPM, rev/min, r/min, or with the notation min) is the number of turns in one minute. It is a unit of rotational speed or the frequency of rotation around a fixed axis. According to the International System of Units (SI), rpm is not a unit. This is because the word "revolution" is a semantic annotation rather than a unit. The annotation is instead done as a subscript of the formula sign if needed. Because of the measured physical quantity, the formula sign has to be for (rotational) frequency and or for angular