Conversion Factors for

Some Common Sl Units

An asterisk (*) denotes an exact relationship.
Length

Time

Area

Volme

Mass

Force

1 in

1 ft
1 Yd

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1 mile
* I A (angstrom)
* I min
*I h
*1 day
I year
I in.
1 ft
I yd2
I mile
I acre

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1 Pdl

I tonf
*1 dyn

Caloriftc value (volumetric)

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1 in.
1 ftJ
I yd
1 UK gal
1 US gal
I 02
* I lb
1 cwt
I ton

1 Ibf
1 kgf
Temperature difference
Energy (work, heat)

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* I deg F (deg R)
I ft Ibf
1 ft pdl
*1 cal (international table)
* I erg
1 Btu
1 hp h
*I kWh
1 therm
I thermie

I Btu/ft
760

25.4 mm
0.304 8 m
0.914 4 m
1.6093km
IO-m
60s
3.6 ks
86.4 ks
31.5 Ms
645.16 nun
0.092903m
0.83613 m
2.590 km
4046.9 m
16.387 cm
0.028 32 m
0.764 53 m
4546.1 cm
3185.4 cm
28.352 g
0.453 592 37 kg
50.802 3 kg
1016.06 kg
0.138 2 6 N
4.4482N
9.806 65 N
9.9640 kN

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: 5/9 deg

C (deg K)

: 1.355 8 J
: 0.042 14 J
: 4.1868 J
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WJ

1.055 06 kJ
2.684 5 MJ
3.6 MJ
105.51 MJ
4.185 5 MJ
: 37.259 kl/m

CONVERSION FACTORS
I ft/s
1 mile/h

Mass flow
Mass per unit area

Density

Pressure

ft3/s
ft/h
UK gal/h
US gal/h

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Ib/h
ton/h

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Iblin.
Ib/ft
ton/sq mile

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Ib/in3
Ib/ft
lb/UK gal
I Ib/US gal

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1 lbf/in.

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Moment um
Angular momentum
Viscosity, dynamic
Viscosity, kinematic
Surface energy (surface tension)
Mass flux density
Heat flux density

tonf/in.
Ibflft
standard atm
atm (1 kgf/cm)
bar
ft water
in. water
io. Hg
mm Hg (1 torr)

I hp (British)

1 hp (metric)

*I
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1
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Moment of inertia

1
1
1
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*I
*I

Power (heat flow)

751
: 0.3048 mls

erg/s
ft lbfls
Btu/h
ton of refrigeration

I Ib ft*
1 Ib ft/s

1 Ib ftls
*1 P (poise)
I Ib/R h
I Ib/ft s
* I S (stokes)
I ftlh
* I crglcm
*(I dyn/cm)
1 Ib/h ft
1 Btu/h ft
*1 kcal/h m
I Btu/h ft OF

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0.44704m/s
0.028 316 m/s
7.865 8 cm3/s
1.262 8 cm3/s
1.0515 cm3/s
0.126 OOg/s
0.282 24 kg/s
703.07 kg/m
4.882 4 kg/m
392.30 kglkm
27.680 g/cm
16.019 kg/m3
99.776 kg/m
119.83 kg/rn3
6.8948 kN/m
15.444 MN/m
47.880 N/m
101.325 kN/m
98.0665 kN/m
10 Nlm

2.989 1 kN/m
249.09 N/m
3.386 4 kN/m
133.32 N/m*
745.70 W
735.50 W
10-7w
1.355 8 W
0.293 07 W
3516.9 W
0.042 140 kg m
0.138 26 kg m/s
0.042 140 kg m/s
0.1 N slm
0.413 38 mN s/m2
1.488 2 N slm
~@m/s
0.258 06 cmls

: 10-3~1mz
: (10-N/m)

1.356 2 g/s m
: 3.1546W/m1
: 1.163 Wlm
: 5.678 3 W/mK
Heat transfer cocfIicient
1 Btu/lb
: 2.326 kJ/kg
Specific enthalpy (latent heat, etc.)
Specific heat capacity
1 Btu/lb O F
: 4.186 8 kJ/kg K
Thermal conductivity
I Btu/h ft O F
: 1.730 7 WImK
: 1.163 W/mK
*I kcal/h m C
Taken from MULLIN,J. W.: 77te Chemical Engineer No. 21 I (Sept. 1967), 176. SI units
in chemical engineering.