Conversion Factors

DIMENSION METRIC METRIC/ENGLISH

Acceleration I mis2 • 100 cmis2 1 mis2 • 3.2808 ftis2
1 fVs2 • 0.3048• mis°'
Area 1 m2 • 104 cm2 • 106 mm2 • 10- &km2 I m2 • 1550 in2 • 10.764 112
1 tt2 - 144 i n• • 0.09290304" m2
Density I g/cm' • 11\g/l • 1000 kg/m 3 1 g/cm3 • 62.428 lbmift3 - 0.036127 lbm/in 3
I lbmfln3 • 1728 lbm/113
1 kg/m3 • 0.062428 lbmJft3
Energy, heat, WOtk, 1 kJ • 1000 J • 1000 N · m • 1 kPa • m3 1 kJ • 0.94 782 Btu
and specific energy 1 kJ/kg - 1000 m>fs2 I Btu • 1.055056 kJ
I kWh • 3600 kJ - 5.40395 psia · ft3 - 778.169 lbf ·fl
1 Btullbm • 25,037 ft2/$l • 2.326" kJ/kg
1 kWh • 3412.14 Btu
Force IN • l kg · m/s2 • 10 5 dyne I N • 0.22481 lbf
I kgj • 9.80665 N I lbf • 32.174 l bm ·IVS' • 4.44822 N
I lbf • I slug · ftis2
Length 1 m • 100 cm • 1000 mm • 106 µm 1 m • 39.370 in • 3.2808 ft • 1.0926 yd
l km • lOOOm 1 It - 12 in • 0.3048" m
1 mile • 5280 ft • 1.6093 km
l in • 2.54"' cm
Mass 1 kg • 1000 g 1 kg • 2.2046226 lbm
I metric ton - I 000 kg 1 lbm • 0.45359237" kg
1 ounce • 28.3495 g
1 slug • 32.174 lbm • 14.5939 kg
1 short ton - 2000 lbm - 907.1847 kg
Power IW • lJ/s 1 kW • 3412.14 Btu/h • 1.341 hp
1 kW • 1000 W • 1 kJ/s • 737 .56 lbf · IVs
1 hp' • 745.7 W 1 hp • 550 lbf · IVs • O.7068 Sluis
- 42.41 Btu/min • 2544.5 Btu/h
• 0.74570 kW
1 Bluth • 1.055056 kJ/h
Pressure 0< st.ress, l Pa • 1 N/m2 1 Pa • 1.4504 x 10- • psi
and pressure 1 kPa -10 3 Pa - 10- 3 MPa - 0.020886 lbfilt 2
expressed as I atm •101.325 kPa • 1.01325 bar 1 psi • 144 l bflft2 • 6.894757 kPa
a head • 760 mm Hg at o·c 1 aim - 14.696 psi
• 1.03323 kgj/cm 2 - 29.92 i nches Hg at 30' F
1 mm Hg • 0. 1333 kPa 1 inch Hg • 13.60 inches H,0 • 3.387 kPa
Specific heat 1 kJ/kg · •c • I kJ/kg · K 1 Btullbm • °F • 4.1868 kJ/kg • •c
• I J/g · • c 1 Btullbmol · R • 4.1868 kJ/kmol • K
1 kJ/kg . •c - 0.23885 Blu/lbm . °F
• 0.23885 Btu/lbm • R
Specific volume J m l/kg • 1000 Ukg 1 m3/kg • 16.02 tt3flbm
- 1000 cm3/g 1 ft3/ lbm - 0.062428 m 3/kg
Temperature 71Kl • 7l9Cl + 273.15 7lR) • ll' F) + 459.67 • 1.87lK)
- :.1 n•c)
:.1 llKl 71' F) • 1.8 7l' C) + 32
:.\ ll' FJ • :.\ ltRJ • 1.8' :.\ 71K)
Velocity I mis • 3.60 km/h I mis • 3.2808 ft/s • 2.237 mi/h
1 mi/h • 1.46667 IVs
I mi/h - 1.6093 km/h
Viscosity. dynamic I kg/m • s • 1 N • sim2 • 1 Pa· s • 10 poise 1 kg/m • s - 2419. 1 lbmifl • h
• 0.020886 lbf • sif12
- 0.67197 lbm/ft. s

xact convers1or fac or IJGf\\·een meinc and Eno .sh u1 ts

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Viscosity, kinematic 1 m2/s • l O' cm2/s I m•ts • 10.764 ft2/s • 3.875 x 104 tt•lh
I stoke - I cm2/s - 10-' m2/s I m2/s - 10.764 112/s
Vol ume I m' - 1000 L - 10 • cm3 (CC) I m3 - 6.1024 x 10" in' - 35.315 ft'
- 264.17 gal (U.S.)
I U.S. gallon • 231 i nl • 3.7854 L
I fl ounce - 29.5735 cm3 - 0.0295735 L
I U.S. gallon • 128 fl ounces
Volume flow rate I m3/s - 60,000 U min - 10• cm•/s I m'ls • 15,850 gal/min • 35.315 tt'ls
• 2118.9 ft'lmi n (CFM)

Cl IV .. JC or ... ~n 'nt;tnc and Eng' sh units

Some Physical Constants

PHYSICAL CONSTANT METRIC ENGLISH
Standard accel eration of gravity g = 9.80665 m1s2 g = 32.174 ftfs2
Standard atmospheric pressure P.,m = I atm = 101.325 kPa P.,m = 1 atm = 14.696 psia
= 1.01325 bar = 2116.2 lbf/ft2
= 760 mm Hg (O' C) = 29.9213 inches Hg (32' F)
= 10.3323 m H20 (4' Cl = 406. 78 inches tt,0 (39.2' F)
Universal gas constant Ru= 8 .3 1447 kJ/kmol • K Ru = I.9859 Btu/lbmol • R
= 8.31447 kN • m/kmol · K = 1545.37 ft · lbf/lbmol • R

Commonly Used Properties

PROPERTY METRIC ENGLISH
Air at 20'C (68'FJ and l atm
Specific gas constant• R111 = 0.2870 kJ/kg · K R_,, = 0.06855 Blu/lbm · R
= 287 .0 m 2/s2 · K = 53.34 ft · lbfnbm · R
= 1716 tt2/s2. R
Specific heat ratio k = c,tc.,, = l.40 k = c,tc. = 1.40
Specific heats Cp = 1.007 kJ/kg · K Cp = 0.2404 Btu/lbm • R
= 1007 m2fs2 · K = 187.l ft · lbf/lbm · R
c.,, = 0.7200 kJ/kg • K = 6019 ft2/s2 · R
= 720.0 m2Js2 • K c.,, = 0.1719 Btu/lbm • R
= 133.8 ft · l bf/lbm · R
= 4304 ft2/s2 · R
Speed of sound c = 343.2 mis = 1236 km/h c = 1126 ft/s = 767 .7 milh
Density p = 1.204 kglm3 p = 0.07518 lbm/ft3
Viscosity µ. = 1.825 x 10-s kglm · s µ. = 1.227 x 10-s lbm/11 . s
Kinematic vi scosity " = 1.516 x 10-s m•ts " = 1.632 x 10·• rt•ts

Liquid water at 20'C (68' FJ and l aim

Specific heat (c = c,. = c.,,l c = 4.182 kJ/kg • K c= 0.9989 8tu/lbm · R
= 4182 m2/s 2 • K = 777 .3 ft · l bf/lbm · R
= 25,009 lt2/s2 · R
Density p = 998.0 kglm3 p = 62.30 lbm/tt3
Viscosity µ.= 1.002 x 10-l kglm · s µ. = 6.733 x 10-• lbm/ft . s
Kinematic viscosity v = 1.004 x 10-• m2/s " = 1.081 x 10-s ft2/s

• l nd~pendent of preMule or tem.Petature