3.2.1: The Units of Momentum
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There isn’t a special name for the units of momentum. If you look at the equation
→p=m→v
don’t let the vector signs bother you. Velocity has dimensionality of length over time just like speed. If you multiply that by mass, you get a dimensionality of mass times length divided by time. Because the dimensionality must be the same on both sides of the equation, that is also the dimensionality of momentum. In the SI system, momentum comes in units of kgms−1.