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Conversion Factors

This document provides common conversion factors between different units of measurement for various physical quantities including mass, length, volume, area, force, pressure, temperature, and energy. It lists equivalencies between metric system units, English units, and other units used in various scientific and engineering fields to convert between different systems of measurement for quantities such as the kilogram and pound for mass or meter and foot for length.

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Conversion Factors

This document provides common conversion factors between different units of measurement for various physical quantities including mass, length, volume, area, force, pressure, temperature, and energy. It lists equivalencies between metric system units, English units, and other units used in various scientific and engineering fields to convert between different systems of measurement for quantities such as the kilogram and pound for mass or meter and foot for length.

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COMMON CONVERSION FACTORS

Physical Conversion Factor Physical Conversion Factor


Quantity Quantity
Mass (M) 1 kg 2.204 lbm Force 1N 1 kg-m/s2
2.2 lbm 1x105 dyne
1000 g 1 lbf 4.4482 N
1g 1000 mg 32.174 ft-lbm/s2
1 short ton 2000 lbm (poundals)
1 long ton 2240 lbm Pressure 1 atm 750 mmHg at 0oC
1 metric 1000 kg (𝜌 = 13.5951 g/cm3)
ton (tonne) 2200 lbm 29.92 in Hg at 32oF
1 slug 32.174 lbm 14.7 lbf/in2
Length (L) 1m 3.28 ft 101 325 N/m2 (Pa)
100 cm 33.899 ft H20 at 39.1oF
1000 mm 1.01325 bar
1 ft 30.48 cm 760 torr
12 inch 1 bar 100 kPa
1 in 2.54 cm 1x105 Pa
1 yard 3 ft Work/Energy 1 BTU 252 cal
1 mile 5280 ft 1054.4 J
1 fathom 6 ft 778 ft-lbf
1 Angstrom 1x10 m -10 10.409 L-atm
Volume 1 liter 1000 cm 3 1 Joule 1 N-m
1m 3 1000 liter (J) 1x107 erg
1 ft3 7.481 gal 1 erg 1 dyne-cm
1 gal 3.7853 liter 1 cal 4.184 J
4 quarts Viscosity 1 Poise 1 g/cm-s
1 quart 2 pints 100 cP
Area 1 hectare 10 000 m 2 0.1 Pa-s
1 acre 43 560 ft 2 1 cP 1x10-3 kg/m-s
6.72x10-4 lbm/ft-s

Additional important quantities:


Gravitational acceleration, g = 9.8 m/s2
= 32.174 ft/s2

Universal Gas Constant, R = 0.08205 (L-atm)/(mol-K)


= 0.08205 (m3-atm)/(kmol-K)
= 1.987 BTU/(lbmol-oR)
= 0.7302 (ft3-atm)/(lbmol-oR)
= 10.73 (ft3-psi)/(lbmol-oR)
= 8.314 (m3-Pa)/(mok-K)

Dimensional constant, gc = 1 (kg-m)/(N-s2)


= 32.174 (ft-lbm)/(lbf-s2)

1 hp (horsepower) 550 ft-lbf/s


745.7 Watts

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