Metrication in the United States There are no U.S. customary units for electric current, potential difference, or charge since these concepts were developed after the international adoption of metric in science. The metric units ampere, volt, ohm and coulomb are the only units used. The SI term hertz has replaced the term "cycles per second" as a unit of frequency. Energy is often measured in watt hours, BTUs, therms or calories rather than the SI joule. Residential and commercial electrical energy use is metered and billed in kilowatt hours, kW·h, as in most metric countries. Force measurements regularly use the pound instead of the SI
Kilogram-force per square centimetre SI units, the unit is converted to the SI derived unit pascal (Pa), which is defined as one newton per square metre (N/m). A newton is equal to a kg·m/s, and a kilogram-force is 9.80665 newtons, meaning that 1 kgf/cm equals 98.0665 kilopascals (kPa). In some older publications, kilogram-force per square centimetre is abbreviated ksc instead of kg/cm. All the Russian origin gauges are indicating pressure in Kgf/cm2 and are calibrated annually. Kilogram-force per square centimetre A kilogram-force per centimetre square (kgf/cm), often just kilogram per square centimetre (kg/cm), or kilopond per centimetre square is a deprecated unit of pressure