Item

USCS Units

SI Units

USCS to SI Conversion

SI to USCS Conversion

Mass

slug (slug)
1 US ton = 2000 lb
1 long ton = 2240 lb
pound (lb)
inch (in)
1 foot (ft) = 12 in
1 mile (mi) = 5280 ft
square foot (ft2)
1 acre = 43,560 ft2
cubic inch (in3)
cubic foot (ft3)
1 US gallon (gal) = 231 in3
1 barrel (bbl) = 42 gal
1 ft3 = 7.4805 gal
1 bbl = 5.6146 ft3
slug per cubic foot (slug/ft3)
pound per cubic foot (lb/ft3)

kilogram (kg)
metric ton (t) = 1000 kg

1 slug = 14.594 kg
1 US ton = 0.9072 t
1 long ton = 1.016 t
1 lb = 4.4482 N
1 in = 25.4 mm
1 ft = 0.3048 m
1 mi = 1.609 km
1 ft2 = 0.0929 m2
1 acre = 0.4047 ha
1 in3 = 16387.0 mm3
1 ft3 = 0.02832 m3
1 gal = 3.785 L
1 bbl = 158.97 L = 0.15897 m3

1 kg = 0.0685 slug
1 t = 1.1023 US ton
1 t = 0.9842 long ton
1 kg = 2.205 lb
1 mm = 0.0394 in
1 m = 3.2808 ft
1 km = 0.6214 mi
1 m2 = 10.764 ft2
1 ha = 2.4711 acre
1 mm3 = 6.1 105 in3
1 m3 = 35.3134 ft3
1 L = 0.2642 gal
1 m3 = 6.2905 bbl

1 slug/ft3 = 515.38 kg/m3

1 lb/ft3 = 157.09 N/m3

1 kg/m3 = 0.0019 slug/ft3

1 N/m3 = 0.0064 lb/ft3

1 lb s/ft2 = 47.88 N s/m2

1 lb s/ft2 = 478.8 Poise

1 cP = 6.7197 104 lb/ft s

1 N s/m2 = 0.0209 lb s/ft2
1 Poise = 0.00209 lb s/ft2

Weight
Length

Area
Volume

Density
Specific
weight
Viscosity
(dynamic)

Viscosity
(kinematic)
Flow rate

Force

slug/ft s
lb s/ft2
ft2/s
SSU*, SSF*
cubic foot/second (ft3/s)
gallon/minute (gal/min)
barrel/hour (bbl/h), bbl/day
pound (lb)

Newton (N)
millimeter (mm)
1 meter (m) = 1000 mm
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 m
square meter (m2)
1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 m2
cubic millimeter (mm3)
1 liter (L) = 1000 cm3 (cc)
1 cubic meter (m3) = 1000 L

kilogram/cubic meter (kg/m3)

Newton per cubic meter (N/m3)
1 poise (P) = 0.1 Pa s
1 centipoise (cP) = 0.01 P
1 poise = 1 dyne s/cm2
1 poise = 0.1 N s/m2
m2/s
stoke (S), centistoke (cSt)
liter/minute (L/min)
cubic meter/hour (m3/h)
Newton (N) = kg m/s2

1 ft2/s = 0.092903 m2/s

1 gal/min = 3.785 L/min
1 bbl/h = 0.159 m3/h

1 m2/s = 10.7639 ft2/s

1 cSt = 1.076 105 ft2/s
1 L/min = 0.2642 gal/min
1 m3/h = 6.2905 bbl/h

1 lb = 4.4482 N

1 N = 0.2248 lb

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Appendix 1

UNITS AND CONVERSIONS

Pressure

Velocity

USCS Units

pound/square inch, lb/in2 (psi)

1 lb/ft2 = 144 psi

foot/second (ft/s)
mile/hour (mi/h) = 1.4667 ft/s
Work and energy foot-pound (ft lb)
British Thermal Unit (Btu)
1 Btu = 778 ft lb
Power
ft lb/min
Btu/h
Horsepower (HP)
1 HP = 33,000 ft lb/min
Temperature
degree Fahrenheit (F)
1 degree Rankin (R) = F + 460
Thermal
Btu/h/ft/F
conductivity
Heat transfer
Btu/h/ft2/F
coefficient
Specific heat
Btu/lb/F

USCS to SI Conversion

SI to USCS Conversion

1 psi = 6.895 kPa

1 kPa = 0.145 psi

1 psi = 0.069 bar

1 psi = 0.0703 kg/cm2
1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

1 Bar = 14.5 psi

1 kg/cm2 = 14.22 psi
1 m/s = 3.281 ft/s

joule (J) = N m

1 Btu = 1055.0 J

1 kJ = 0.9478 Btu

joule/second (J/s)
watt (W) = J/s
1 kilowatt (kW) = 1000 W

1 Btu/h = 0.2931 W

1 W = 3.4121 Btu/h

1 HP = 0.746 kW

1 kW = 1.3405 HP

degree Celsius (C)

1 Kelvin (K) = C + 273
W/m/C

1F = 9/5C + 32
1R = 1.8 K
1 Btu/h/ft /F = 1.7307 W/m/C

1C = (F 32)/1.8
1 K = R/1.8
1 W/m/C = 0.5778 Btu/h/ft /F

W/m2/C

1 Btu/h/ft2/F = 5.6781 W/m2/C

1 W/m2/C = 0.1761 Btu/h/ft2/F

kJ/kg/C

1 Btu/lb/F = 4.1869 kJ/kg/C

1 kJ/kg/C = 0.2388 Btu/lb/F

SI Units

pascal (Pa) = N/m2

1 kilopascal (kPa) = 1000 Pa
1 megapascal (MPa) = 1000 kPa
1 bar = 100 kPa
kilogram/sq. centimeter (kg/cm2)
meter/second (m/s)

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Kinematic viscosity in SSU and SSF are converted to viscosity in cSt using the following formulas:
Centistokes = 0:226 SSU 195/SSU for 32 SSU 100

(A 1.1)
(A 1.2)
(A 1.3)

Centistokes = 2:16 SSF 60/SSF for SSF > 40

(A 1.4)

Appendix 1

Centistokes = 0:220 SSU 135/SSU for SSU > 100

Centistokes = 2:24 SSF 184/SSF for 25 SSF 40