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Quantity SI units Imperial units Conversion
Length
Name Symbol Name Symbol SI to Imperial Imperial to SI
millimeter mm inch in 1 mm = 0,03937 in 1 in = 25,4 mm
meter m foot ft 1 m = 3,281 ft 1 ft = 0,3048 m
meter m yard yd 1 m = 1,0936 yd 1 yd = 0,9144 m
kilometer Km mile mi 1 km = 0,6214 mi 1 mi = 1,609 km
Area
square millimeter mm
2
square inch in
2
1 mm
2
= 0,00155 in
2
1 in
2
= 645,2 mm
2
square meter m
2
square foot ft
2
1 m
2
= 10,7643 ft
2
1 ft
2
= 0,0929 m
2
square meter m
2
square yard yd
2
1 m
2
= 1,1959 yd
2
1 yd
2
= 0,8361 m
2
square kilometer km
2
square mile mi
2
1 km
2
= 0,3861 mi
2
1 mi
2
= 2,59 km
2
Volume
cubic centimeter cm
3
cubic inch in
3
1 cm
3
= 0,061 in
3
1 in
3
= 16,39 cm
3
cubic dcim.-liter dm
3
-l cubic foot ft
3
1 dm
3
= 1 l = 0,0353
ft
3
1 ft
3
= 28,32 l or dm
3
cubic meter m
3
cubic yard yd
3
1 m3 = 1,307 yd
3
1 yd
3
= 0,765 m
3
liter l US galon US gal 1 l = 0,2642 US gal 1 US gal = 3,785 l
liter l UK galon UK gal 1 l = 0,2200 UK gal 1 UK gal = 4,546 l
Weight
gram g ounce oz 1 g = 0,0353 oz 1 oz = 28,35 g
kilogram kg pound lb 1 kg = 2,204 lb 1 Ib = 0,4536 kg
ton t short ton sh tn 1 t = 1,1023 sh tn 1 sh tn = 0,9072 t
ton t long ton UK ton 1 t = 0,9842 UK ton 1 UK ton = 1,0160 t
"Pressure
Strength"
"megapascal or newton per
square millimeter
"MPa or N/mm
2

pound force per

square inch
Ibf/in
2
or psi
1 MPa or 1 N/mm
2
= 145
Ibf/in
2
or psi
1 Ibf/in
2
or 1 psi = 0,0069
1 MPa or N/mm
2

bar or (1) decanewton per

square centimer
bar or daN/cm
2

pound force per

square inch
Ibf/in
2
or psi
1 bar or 1 daN/cm
2
= 14,5
Ibf/in
2
or psi
1 Ibf/in
2
or 1 psi
= 0,069
1 bar or daN/cm
2

decanewton per square

millimeter
daN/mm
2
pound force per
square inch
Ibf/in
2
or psi
1 Ibf/in
2
or 1 psi = 0,00069
daN/mm
2

megapascal MPa
short ton per square
inch
sh tn/in
2
1 MPa = 0,0725 sh
tn/in
2
1 sh tn/in
2
= 13,79 Mpa
megapascal MPa
long ton per
square inch
UK ton/in
2
1 MPa = 0,0647 UK
ton/in
2
1 UK ton/in
2
= 15,44 Mpa
Moment
of a couple
newton meter N.m pied
Ibf.ft
1 N.m = 0,73756 Ibf.ft 1 Ibf.ft = 1,3558 N.m
decanewton meter daN.m foot
1 daN.m = 7,3756
Ibf.ft
1 Ibf.ft = 0,1356 daN.m
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