Table 1.

Conversion from customary to metric units (in alphabetical order).

Abbreviation ac ac-ft atm bar Btu Btu/cu ft Btu/gal Btu/hr Btu/hr/sq ft Btu/lb Btu/ton cal cal/sec cP cu ft/gal cfh or cu ft/hr cfh/sq ft cu ft/mil. gal cfm or cu ft/min cfm/ft cfm/1000 cu ft cfm/1000 gal cu ft/lb cfs cfs/ac cfs/sq mile cu ft cu in. By 4.047 103 0.404 7 1233 101.3 100.0 1.055 37.26 278.7 0.278 7 0.2931 3.155 2.326 1.163 4.187 4.186 4.182 4.187 1.000 103 7.482 7.482 103 7.867 106 7.867 103 8.467 105 304.8 7.482 4.719 104 0.471 9 1.549 1.667 102 0.124 7 6.243 102 2.832 102 28.32 6.997 106 69.97 1.093 108 0.109 3 2.832 102 28.32 16.39 106 16.39 To Obtain Metric Unit m2 ha (hectare) m3 kPa (kilopascal) kPa kJ (kilojoule) kJ/m3 kJ/m3 kJ/L W (watt) J/m2s kJ/kg J/kg J (joule) J J W Pas m3/m3 m3/L m3/s L/s m3/m2s L/m2h mL/m3 m3/s L/s L/m s L/m3s L/m3s m3/kg m3/s L/s m3/m2s L/has m3/m2s L/has m3 L m3 mL

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Conversion Factors

Multiply Customary Unit acre acre-foot atmosphere bar British thermal unit British thermal units per cubic foot British thermal units per gallon British thermal units British thermal units British thermal units British thermal units calorie international 15C 20C calories per second centipoise cubic feet per gallon cubic feet per hour cubic feet per hour per square foot cubic feet per million gallons cubic feet per minute cubic cubic cubic cubic cubic feet feet feet feet feet per per per per per minute per foot minute per thousand cubic feet minute per thousand gallons pound second per per per per hour hour per square foot pound ton

cubic feet per second per acre cubic feet per second per square mile cubic foot cubic inch

cubic yard degrees Fahrenheit Rankine feet of head feet per hour feet per minute feet per second feet per second squared feet per year foot foot-head foot-pound foot-pounds per inch foot-pounds per minute foot-pounds per second gallon gallons per day gallons per day per acre gallons per day per capita gallons per day per linear foot gallons per day per foot of manhole diameter per foot-head gallons per day per inch of diameter per mile gallons per day per mile gallons per day per square foot gallons per day per thousand square feet gallons per hour gallons per hour per foot of diameter per foot-head gallons per hour per inch diameter per thousand feet gallons per million gallons gallons per minute

cu yd F R ft ft/hr ft/min or fpm ft/sec or fps ft/sec2 ft/yr ft ft-head ft-lb ft-lb/in. ft-lb/min ft-lb/sec gal gpd gpd/ac gpd/cap gpd/ft gpd/ft/ft-head gpd/in. dia/mile gpd/mile gpd/sq ft gpd/1000 sq ft gph gph/ft dia/ft-head gph/in. dia/1000 ft gal/mil. gal gpm gpm/ac gpm/cu ft

0.764 0.555 0.555 0.304 8.467 5.080 0.304 0.304 0.304 0.304 2989 1.356 53.38 2.259 1.355 3.785 3.785 4.381 3.785 1.083 1.083 9.353 3.785 1.437 1.437 1.242 4.074 92.60 2.720 2.352 4.715 4.074 40.74 4.074 1.051 1.051 11.32 488.9 1.000 6.308 6.308 5.451 0.155 2.228

6 6(F 32) 6 8 105 8 8 8 8

102 103 105 103 1011 108 107 104 102 104

m3 C (degrees Celsius) K (Kelvin) m m/s mm/s m/s m/s2 m/a (meters per annum) m Pa Nm J/m W W m3 L L/s m3/d m3/m2s L/m2s L/had L/capd m3/ms L/ms m3/md (mL/md)/m (mL/md)/m m3/ms mL/md m3/m2s or m/s m3/m2d or m/d L/m2d L/m2d m3/s mL/s (mL/ms)/m (mL/mh)/m mL/m3 m3/s L/s m3/d L/has L/m3s

Conversion Factors

1011 107 102 102 106

105 102 8

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Conversion from customary to metric units (in alphabetical order) (continued).

Abbreviation gpm/ft gpm/sq ft gal/lb gal/ton gr gr/gal ha hp hp-hr hp-hr/lb hp-hr/1000 cu ft hp-hr/1000 gal hp-hr/1000 lb hp/gpm hp/mil. gal hp/1000 gal in. in. H2O in. Hg in./ft in./hr in./yr kWh kWh/d kWh/gal kWh/mil. gal kWh/lb kWh/1000 lb kWh/ton kip kip-ft kip-ft/sec kip/ft kip/sq ft By 2.070 0.207 6.791 0.679 58.67 8344 4.173 64.80 17.12 17.12 1.000 0.745 2.685 5.919 26.34 0.710 5.919 11.82 11.82 0.197 1.970 0.197 25.40 0.248 3.377 8.333 25.40 25.40 3.600 41.67 951.1 0.951 951.1 0.951 7.936 7.936 3.969 4.448 1.356 1.356 14.59 47.88 104 0 104 1 To Obtain Metric Unit m3/ms L/ms m/ms L/m2s m3/m2d mL/kg mL/kg mg g/m3 mg/L m2 kW MJ MJ/kg W/m3 kJ/L kJ/kg MJ/m3 kJ/L W/m3 W/L kW/m3 mm kPa kPa % mm/h mm/a (millimeters per annum) MJ W MJ/m3 MJ/L J/m3 J/L MJ/kg kJ/kg kJ/kg kN (kilonewton) kNm kNm/s kN/m kPa

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Conversion Factors

Multiply Customary Unit gallons per minute per foot gallons per minute per square foot gallons per pound gallons per ton grain grains per gallon hectare horsepower horsepower-hour horsepower-hours per pound horsepower-hours per thousand cubic feet horsepower-hours per thousand gallons horsepower-hours per thousand pounds horsepower per gallon per minute horsepower per million gallons horsepower per thousand gallons inch inches of water inches of mercury inches per foot inches per hour inches per year kilowatt-hour kilowatt-hours per day kilowatt-hours per gallon kilowatt-hours per million gallons kilowatt-hours per pound kilowatt-hours per thousand pounds kilowatt-hours per ton kip kip-feet kip-feet per second kips per foot kips per square foot

104 7

104 8

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micron mil mile miles per hour million gallons million gallons per day

mil mile mph mil. gal mgd

million gallons per day per acre most probable number per hundred milliliters parts per billion parts per million pound (force) pound (mass) pound-foot pound-feet per second pounds per day per capita pounds per cubic foot pounds per thousand cubic feet pounds per cubic yard pounds per day pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds per per per per per per per per per per per day day day day day per per per per per acre acre-foot cubic foot pound square foot

mgd/ac MPN/100 mL ppb ppm lbf lb lb-ft lb-ft/sec lb/d/cap lb/cu ft lb/1000 cu ft lb/cu yd lb/d lb/d/ac lb/d/ac-ft lb/d/cu ft lb/d/lb lb/d/sq ft lb/d/1000 cu ft lb/d/1000 sq ft lb/ft lb/ft/ft dia lb/gal lb/hr lb/hr/sq ft

day per thousand cubic feet day per thousand square feet foot foot per foot of diameter gallon hour

pounds per hour per square foot

1.000 25.40 1.609 0.446 9 1.609 3.785 103 3.785 4.383 102 43.83 3.785 103 3.785 1.083 105 9.353 103 9.353 10.00 1.00 (app.) 1.000 1.00 (app.) 1.000 4.448 0.453 6 1.356 1.356 0.453 6 16.02 16.02 0.593 3 5.250 0.453 6 0.112 1 0.367 7 16.02 11.57 56.51 4.882 1.602 102 4.882 1.488 47.88 0.119 8 1.260 104 0.453 6 4.882 1.356

m m km m/s km/h m3 ML m3/s L/s m3/d ML/d m3/m2s m3/had ML/had MPN/L g/L g/kg mg/L mg/kg N kg Nm Nm/s kg/capd kg/m3 g/m3 kg/m3 mg/s kg/d g/m2d g/m3d kg/m3d mg/kgs mg/m2s kg/m2d kg/m3d g/m2d kg/m (N/m)/m kg/L kg/s kg/h kg/m2h g/m2s

Conversion Factors

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Conversion from customary to metric units (in alphabetical order) (continued).

Abbreviation lb/hr/cu ft lb/mil. gal lb/lb lb/sq ft lb/sq ft psi lb/1000 cu ft lb/1000 gal lb/ton lb/yr/ac lb/yr/cu ft lb/yr/sq ft lb-sec/sq ft lb-sq ft/sec rpm rps slug sq ft sq ft/cap sq ft/cu ft sq ft/ft sq ft/sec sq in. sq mile sq yd ton ton ton/ac ton/cu yd W-hr W/sq ft yd By 4.450 16.02 0.119 0.119 1000 4.883 47.88 6895 16.02 0.119 0.500 1.121 16.02 4.882 47.88 4.883 1.000 1.000 14.59 9.290 9.290 3.281 0.304 9.290 645.2 2.590 0.836 1.016 0.907 907.2 0.224 2.242 1.187 3.600 10.76 0.914 106 8 8 To Obtain Metric Unit kg/Ls kg/m3h g/m3 mg/L g/kg kg/m2 Pa Pa g/m3 g/m3 g/kg kg/haa kg/m3a kg/m2a Pas kgm2/s r/min r/s kg m2 m2/cap m2/m3 m2/m m2/s mm2 km2 m2 Mg Mg kg kg/m2 Mg/ha Mg/m3 J W/m2 m

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Conversion Factors

Multiply Customary Unit pounds per hour per cubic foot pounds per million gallons pounds per pound pounds per square foot (mass dose) pounds per square foot (force) pounds per square inch (force) pounds per thousand cubic feet pounds per thousand gallons pounds per ton pounds per year per acre pounds per year per cubic foot pounds per year per square foot pound-seconds per square foot pound-square feet per second revolutions per minute revolutions per second slug square foot square feet per capita square feet per cubic foot square feet per foot square feet per second square inch square mile square yard ton (long) ton (short) tons per acre tons per cubic yard watt-hour watts per square foot yard

102 102 8 102 1 2 2