DIMENSION ‘Acceleration 1 mis? = 100 cmis? Area 1 m? = 10¢ cm? = 10° mm? = 10-$ km? Density 1 gic? = 1 kg/l. = 1000 kg/m? Energy, heat, work, 1 kJ = 1000 J = 1000 N.m = 1 kPam? internal energy, 1 kilkg = 1000 m?is? enthalpy 1 kWh = 3600 kd 184 J 4.1868 J 1 Cal! = 4.1868 kd Force LN = 1 kgmis? = 10° dyne 1 kef = 9.80665 N Heat flux 10* Wim? Heat transfer wim2.K coefficient Length 1 m= 100.cm = 1000 mm = 108 wm km = 1000'm Mass 1 kg = 10008 1 metric ton = 1000 kg. Power, 1W=1dis heat transfer rate 000 W = 1.341 hp Pressure 1 Pa = 1 Nim? 1 kPa = 10? Pa = 10-3 MPa Latm = 101.325 kPa = 1.01325 bars 760 mm Hg at O°C 1.03323 ket/em? 1 mm Hg = 0.1333 kPa Specific heat 1 kaikg-"C = 1 dike: k = 1 dig: "Exact conversion factor between metic and English units 1 mis? = 3.2808 ft/s? 1 fis? = 0.3048" mis? 1 m? = 1550 in? = 10.764 ft? - 1 ft? = 144 in? = 0,09290304* m? 1 glem? = 62.428 Ibm/ft? = 0.036127 Ibm/in? 1 Ibmfin? = 1728 Ibmvft? 1 kg/m? = 0.062428 Ibavit? 1 kJ = 0.94782 Btu 1 Btu = 1.055056 kJ = 5.40395 psia‘ft® = 778.169 Ibf-ft 1 Btu/lbm = 25,037 ft2/s? = 2.326* kiikg 430 Btu/lbm 3412.14 Btu 1 therm = 10° Btu = 1.055 x 10° kJ (natural gas) 1 N = 0.22481 Ibf 1 Ibf = 32.174 lbm-tt/s? = 4.44822 N .3171 Btuhh-ft? 0.17612 Btulh-ft2.°F 1 m = 39.370 in = 3.2808 ft = 1 ft = 12 in= 0.3048* m 1 thile = 5280 ft = 1.6093 km Lin = 2.54* em 1 kg = 2.2046226 Ibm 1 Ibm = 0.45359237* kg. 1 ounce = 28.3495 g 1 slug = 32.174 Ibm = 14.5939 kg 1 short ton = 2000 Ibm = 907.1847 kg 1 kW = 3412.14 Btuh = 737.56 Ibf-ft’s 50 Ibf-ft/s = 0.7068 Btus 42.41 Btumin = 2544.5 Btuh = 0.74570 kW 1 boiler hp = 33,475 Btu/h 1 Btu’h = 1.055056 kin 1 ton of refrigeration = 200 Btu/min 1 Pa = 1.4504 x 10-4 psia 0.020886 Ibt/t? 1 psi = 144 Ibt/tt? = 6.894757 kPa 1 atm = 14.696 psia = 29.92 in Hg at 30°F 3.387 kPa .0926 yd 1hp 1 Btu/lbmF = 4.1868 kilkg°C 1 Btu/lbmol-R = 4.1868 ki/kmol-K 1 ki/kg"C = 0.23885 Btu/ibm-*F 0.23885 Btu/lbm-R ‘Galore originally defines as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1°C, butt varies with temperature. The international table (IT) calone (generally preferred by engineers) is exactly 4.1868 J by definition and corresponds tothe specific heat of water at 15°C. The thermaciemical calere (generally prefer cists) ‘permachemcal calorie (generally prefered by physicists) sexaty 4.184 J by del calories), ‘between the two is about 0.06 percent, which is negligible. The capitalized Calorie used by nutritionists is actually n and corresponds tothe specific heat of water at room temperature. fore (1000 ITTi i 16.02 ftom Specific volume 1 m/kg_= 1000 L’kg = 1000 cm? a = 4 * 062428 m*kg Temperature TK) = TPC) + 273.15 TIR) = T°) + 459.67 = 187K) ATK) = ATvC) TER) = 1.8 TC) + 32 ATCF) = ATIR) = 1.8 41K) Thermal” 1 Wim-*c = 1 Wim-K 1 Wim-*C = 0.57782 Btuh-ft-°F ‘conductivity 3.2808 ft/s = 2.237 mish 1.46667 ft/s 1.6093 km/h 1024 x 10* in? = 35.315 ft? = 264.17 gal (U.S.) 1US. gallon = 231 in? = 3.7854 L 1 fl ounce = 29.5735 cm? = 0.0295735 L 1 US. gallon = 128 fl ounces Volume flow rate 1 m¥%/s = 60,000 Umin = 108 cm/s 1 ms = 15,850 gal/min (gom) = 36.315 ft3/s = 2118.9 ft°/min (cfm) Velocity 1 mis = 3.60 km/h Los = min mim Volume 1m? = 1000 L = 108 em? (cc) 1m? "chanical horsepower. The electrical horsepower is taken to be exactly 746 W. Some Physical Constants Universal gas constant R, = 8.31447 ki/kmol-K 8.31447 kPa.m’/kmol-K = 0,0831447 bar-m*/kmol-K = 82.05 L-atm/kmol-K = 1.9858 Btu/lbmol-R 1545.37 ft.lbf/lbmol-R 10.73 psia-ft?/lbmol-R Standard acceleration of gravity 8 = 9.80665 mis? = 32.174 fis? ‘Standard atmospheric pressure 1 atm = 101.325 kPa = 1.01325 bar = 14.696 psia = 760 mm Hg (0°C) = 29.9213 in Hg (32°F) = 10.3323 mH,0(4°C) - Stefan-Boltzmann constant © = 5.6704 x 10-8 Wim?-K* 5 : = 0.1714 x 10-8 Btumh-t2.Rt Boltzmann's constant k= 1,380650 x 10-2 yk Speed of light in vacuum = 2.9979 x 10° mis = 9.836 x 10° tus Speed of sound in dry air at O°C and 1 atm c= 331.36 ms = 1089 fs Heat of fusion of water at 1 atm hy = 333.7 bake = 143.5 Btulbm Enthalpy of vaporization of water at 1 atm hg = 2256.5 kilkg = 970.12 Btu/lbm