Conversion Factors

Table 2.

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

Abbreviation cap/ha cap/km2 m3 By 0.404 2.590 8.107 6.290 8.386 28.38 35.31 1.308 264.2 2.642 0.133 1.337 5.999 8.019 0.183 2.642 264.2 106.9 1.069 14.29 9.147 16.02 80.53 646.0 6.959 3.676 1.271 2.119 35.32 9.515 1.585 22.83 24.55 1.704 3.281 7 104 To Obtain Customary Unit cap/ac cap/sq mile ac-ft barrel (oil) barrel (water) bushel (U.S. dry) cu ft cu yd gal mil. gal cu ft/gal cu ft/mil. gal cfm/1000 cu ft cfm/1000 gal gpm mgd gpd gpd/ac mgd/ac cfs/ac cfs/sq mile cu ft/lb gpd/ft cfm/ft gpd/ft gpd/mile cfh or cu ft/hr cfm cfs gph gpm mgd gpd/sq ft gpm/sq ft cfh/sq ft

Multiply Metric Unit capita per hectare capita per square kilometer cubic meter

cubic meters per cubic meter cubic meters per cubic meter per second cubic meters per day cubic meters per hectare per day cubic meters per hectare per second cubic meters per kilogram cubic meters per meter per day cubic meters per meter per second cubic meters per second

m /m

m3/m3s m3/d m3/had m /has

3

7 5

104 105 104 103 104

104 103

m /kg m3/md m3/ms m3/s

106 1010 105 103

105 104 102

cubic meters per square meter per day cubic meters per square meter per hour

m3/m2d m /m h
3 2

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Table 2.

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

Abbreviation m3/m2s By 1.429 103 9.149 107 9.238 1010 2.121 106 1.473 103 9.238 104 1.181 104 6.102 105 1.800 (C) 32 1.800 8.344 6.243 102 8.347 2.720 0.224 7 1.000 103 2.000 0.0624 0.672 0 7.937 8.922 0.204 8 17.70 0.737 3 2.471 0.7376 1.051 103 4.299 104 0.859 8 1.689 104 8.461 105 1.051 1.873 102 0.317 1 2.205 1.102 103 6.854 102 0.672 0 0.672 0 2.205 6.243 102 To Obtain Customary Unit cfs/ac cfs/sq mile gpd/ac gpd/sq ft gpm/sq ft mgd/ac cfh/sq ft cu in. F R lb/mil.gal lb/1000 cu ft lb/1000 gal lb/d/ac-ft lb/hr/cu ft lb/lb lb/ton lb/cu ft lb/1000 ft lb/hr lb/d/ac lb/d/1000 sq ft lb/d/sq ft lb/hr/sq ft ac (acre) ft-lb kWh/mil. gal Btu/lb Btu/ton hp-hr/1000 lb hp/gpm kWh/mil. gal ft-lb/in. Btu/hr/sq ft lb (mass) ton slug lb-ft lb-ft/sec lb/cap/d lb/cu ft

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Multiply Metric Unit cubic meters per square meter per second

cubic millimeter degrees Celsius Kelvin grams per cubic meter grams per cubic meter per day grams per cubic meter per second grams per kilogram grams grams grams grams per per per per liter meter second square meter per day

mm3 C K g/m3 g/m3d g/m3s g/kg g/L g/m g/s g/m2d g/m2s ha J J/m3 J/kg J/L J/m J/m2s kg kgm kgm/s kg/capd kg/m3

grams per square meter per second hectare joule joules per cubic meter joules per kilogram joules per liter joules per meter joules per square meter per second kilogram kilogram meter kilogram meter per second kilograms per capita per day kilograms per cubic meter

kilograms per cubic meter per day kilograms kilograms kilograms kilograms kilograms kilograms kilograms kilograms per per per per per per per per cubic meter per hour cubic meter per second day hectare per day hectare per year (annum) hour kilogram per second liter

kg/m3d kg/m3h kg/m3s kg/d kg/had kg/haa kg/h kg/kgs kg/L kg/m kg/s

kilograms per meter kilograms per second kilograms per square meter kilograms per square meter kilograms per square meter kilograms per square meter kilograms per square meter kilojoule kilojoules per cubic meter kilojoules per kilogram per per per per day hour second year (annum)

kg/m2 kg/m2d kg/m2h kg/m2s kg/m2a kJ kJ/m3 kJ/kg

kilojoules per liter kilometer kilometers per hour kilonewton kilonewton per meter kilonewtons per meter per second kilopascal

kJ/L km km/h kN kN/m kN/ms kPa

kilowatt

kW

1.686 834 7 62.42 6.242 102 62.42 6.242 102 224.8 2.205 0.892 2 0.892 2 2.205 8.64 104 3.613 102 8.347 8.347 106 0.672 0 1.905 105 7.936 103 0.204 8 0.204 8 0.204 8 1.770 104 0.204 8 0.947 8 2.684 102 1.051 1.408 103 0.430 0 859.8 0.252 0 0.126 0 1.689 104 1.410 0.621 4 0.621 4 0.224 8 0.737 5 0.737 5 9.872 103 20.89 0.145 0 4.019 0.296 1 1.341

lb/cu yd lb/mil. gal lb/1000 cu ft lb/cu ft lb/d/1000 cu ft lb/hr/cu ft lb/hr/cu ft lb/d lb/d/ac lb/yr/ac lb/hr lb/d/lb lb/cu in. lb/gal lb/mil. gal lb/ft lb/d lb/hr lb/sq ft (mass dose) lb/d/sq ft lb/hr/sq ft lb/d/sq ft lb/yr/sq ft Btu Btu/cu ft kWh/mil. gal hp-hr/1000 gal Btu/lb Btu/ton kWh/ton kWh/1000 1b hp-hr/lb Btu/gal mile mph kip kip-ft kip-ft/sec atm psf (force) psi (force) in. H2O in. Hg hp

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Table 2.

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

Abbreviation kW/m3 L L/cap L/capd L/m3 L/m3s L/has L/kg L/m L/ms L/s By 5.076 3.532 0.264 3.532 0.264 133.7 0.488 59.99 8.019 1.429 9.149 6.418 239.6 425.2 0.645 4.832 6.958 127.1 2.119 3.532 2.282 15.85 2.283 2.455 11.82 2.121 9.237 1.473 1.102 0.984 0.842 0.446 0.372 8.460 1.051 168.9 0.126 0.264 0.264 0.106 3.281 To Obtain Customary Unit hp/1000 gal cu ft gal cu ft/cap gpd/cap cu ft/mil. gal cfm/cu ft cfm/1000 cu ft cfm/1000 gal cfs/ac cfs/sq mile gpm/ac gal/ton gal/mile cfm/ft gpm/ft gpd/ft cfh cfm cfs gpd gpm mgd gpd/sq ft cfh/sq ft gpd/sq ft gpd/ac gpm/sq ft ton (short) ton (long) ton/cu yd ton/ac hp-hr hp/gpm kWh/gal hp-hr/1000 lb kWh/lb mil. gal mgd mgd/ac ft

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Multiply Metric Unit kilowatt per cubic meter liter liters liters liters liters per per per per capita capita per day cubic meter cubic meter per second

102 2 102 2 8 102

liters per hectare per second liters per kilogram liters per meter liters per meter per second liters per second

9 103 102 104 102 102 103 103 3 5 0 5 102 103 0 2 2 9

liters per square meter per day liters per square meter per second

L/m2d L/m2s

megagram or metric ton megagram per cubic meter megagram per hectare megajoule megajoules per cubic meter megajoules per kilogram megaliter megaliters per day megaliters per hectare per day meter

Mg or t Mg/m3 Mg/ha MJ MJ/m3 MJ/kg ML ML/d ML/had m

meters per hour meters per second meters per second squared micrograms per liter micrometer miligram milligrams per liter milliliter milliliters per cubic meter milliliters per kilogram milliliters per meter per day per meter milliliters per second millimeter millimeters per hour millimeters per second most probable number per cubic meter most probable number per liter newton newton meter newton meters per meter pascal

m/h m/s m/s2 g/L m mg mg/L mL mL/m3 mL/kg (mL/md)/m mL/s mm mm/h mm/s MPN/m3 MPN/L N Nm Nm/m Pa

pascal second square kilometer square meter square meters per cubic meter square meters per meter square meter per second square millimeter ton (metric)

Pas km2 m2 m2/m3 m2/m m2/s mm2 t

3.281 3.281 2.238 3.281 1.00 (app.) 1.000 3.937 102 1.543 102 5.841 102 1.00 (app.) 6.102 102 0.133 7 1.198 104 0.239 6 2.450 103 0.951 5 3.937 102 3.937 102 0.196 9 11.81 1.000 104 0.100 0 0.224 8 0.737 6 0.224 8 9.872 106 3.345 104 2.089 102 1.450 104 2.089 102 0.386 1 2.471 104 10.76 3.048 3.281 10.76 1.550 103 1.102 103 0.984 3 1.102

ft/hr fps mph ft/sec2 ppb micron mil grain grains per gallon ppm cu in. cu ft/mil. gal gal/lb gal/ton gpd/ft/ft-head gph in. in./hr fpm ft/hr MPN/100 mL MPN/100 mL lbf (force) ft-lb lb-ft/ft dia atm ft (head) lb/sq ft psi lb-sec/sq ft sq mile ac sq ft sq ft/cu ft sq ft/ft sq ft/sec sq in. lb ton (long) ton (short)

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Table 2.

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

Abbreviation W By 3.412 947.8 44.27 0.738 1.341 2.400 5.076 3.797 5.076 9.290 To Obtain Customary Unit Btu/hr Btu/sec ft-lb/min ft-lb/sec hp kWh/d hp/mil. gal hp/1000 cu ft hp/mil. gal W/sq ft

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Multiply Metric Unit watt

watts per cubic meter watts per liter watts per square meter

W/m3 W/L W/m2

0 103 102 102 103 102