IEEE Std 268A-1980

SH07708

1' INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELLCT~ONICS LMQINEERS. INC. CONVERSION TO METRIC MEASURES "&f",
INTLRNATlONAL SYSTEM Of UNITS (SI) Symbol Gk*n-MU(Wy b y - c f o *In SFbd
CONVERSION FACTORS FORCE
C m * n l o m TO M d r k l4eawr.r oq ouncas lorce 0 2 1 8 0 newtons N
Symbol Ghn- MdUdY b7- l o ObClin Symbol Ih pounds lorce 4 448 newtons N
LENGTH kg, kilograms lorce 9 0 0 1 newtons N
in inches 25 4 millimeters mm dyn dynes 10 " newtons N
It leet 30 48. centmeterr cm WORK. ENERGY -
COWER
yd yards 0 9144' meters m 11 ~ b ( foot pounds lorce I 356 ioules J
mi miles (statute) I 609 kilometers hm cat calorie (lhermochem) 4 184. ( O u l n J
Btu Britlsh thermal 1055 IOUIes

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nmi miles (nautcal) I 852' kilometers km J
micron 10. micrometers pm units (Intl)
A angstrom 0 I. nanometers nm hp horsepower (etec) 746 ur*m W
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I t lb(/s loot pounds lorce 1 356 watts W
_-_- cmil circular mils 0.0005067 sq millimeters mm' per second
Btu/h British Ihemul units 0 2 9 3 1 watts W
_-.- in' square inches 6.452 sq centimeters cm'
.-._ 11' square ~ e e t 0.09290 sq meters m'
._ square yards 0.8361 sq meters m'
.- 0 sq miles (stature) 2 . 5 9 0 sq kilometers hm'
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acres 0.4047 hectares( IO'm') ha
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._ VOLUME
.-.- I1 oz h i d ounces (US) 29.5? cubic cm cm'or
(mill8liters) m~
gal gallons (US liq) 3.785 liters L
ga! gallons (Canada) 4.546 liters L
in cubicinches 16.39 c u centmeterr cm'
It' cubic feet 0.02832 c u b c meters m'
yd' cubic yards 0.7646 cubic meters m'
b M barrels (US petro) 0. 1 5 9 0 c u b s meters m'
acre feet 1233.5 cubic meters m'
SPEED
tt/mm leet per minute 5.080' millimeters mm/s
per second
mi/h miles per hour 0.4470 meters per sec m/ s
km/h kilometers per hr 0.2778 meters per sec m/s
kn knots 0.5144 meters w r sec
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- MASS
m/5

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- oz ounces(avdp) 28 3 5 grams 0
Ib pounds (avdp) 04536 (cllograms kg
- 2aJ ton s h w t b n s 09072 m e t r c tons t

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pounds per cubic 16 02
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kilograms peer ig, m'

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INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI) L E h E R SYMBOLS FOR QUANTITIES 8 UNlTS

ELEClFtlCAl ENGINEERING QUANTITIES OTHER Q U A N l l n E s

Qty SI Unit Mentical Qty SI Unit Mmtical
Qwntily Symbol Unit Symbol Unit Quantity Symbol unit Symbol Unit
charge
current
voltage
Pcoulomb
ampere
V . E . . U ,volt
C
A
V
A's

W/A
lenglh
mass
time
I
m
I
meter
kilogram
Second
m
U
S
electromotive force V volt V lrequency f. hqtz nz 1.s
potential difference V. @ vdt V angular lrequency *r radian Der sec rad/ s

resistance R ohm area A. .S -meter In'

conductance c siemens volume V cubicmeter m'
rtJcUnce X ohm vetmty I meter per second m/ s
suscwtance 8 siemens acceleratsn (linear) a meter per sec' m/s'
impedance Z ohm
admittance Y siemens lorce f newton N
capacitance C larid torque T M nwtonmeler N.m
inductance 1 henry pressure P pascal Pa Nlm'
temperature (absolute) r 8 kelvin U
energy. work W ioule J Nm lemperature (customary) t 8 der- Celsius 'C
p w e r (active) P watt W J,'r
power. apparent S PI voltampere VA attenuation coeflicient o neper per meter Np, m
p e r . reactive Q...Po var var phase coeffcient P radiin p t r meter raa, m
propagatm coefficient y reciprocal meter m"
resistivity P ohm-meter Wm ( Y =?+lP!
conductivity siemens per meter S/m rxhant antensity I wan per steradian W/sr I

F" C

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electric ltua COUlOmO radiant l l u r P. 0 watt W
electric IIUK density. 0 coulomb per c/m' Irradiance E wan per sq meter W;m'
disptuement sq meter tumtnous intensity I undela cd
electric Geld strength E v d t per mcter V; m luminous h a @ tumea Im
permlttiwity
relative permittivity
e
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farad p e r meter
(numeric)
F;m illuminance

PHYYCAL CONSTAWTS
E IUX IZ Imam'
II
weber Wb V s
magnefic ulf.
magnetomotive force
UJ
f Y ampere (am0 turn1
ampere per weber AiWb
e l u l r o n i c Charge ..................................
speed d lighl m vacuum ..........................
r.
C
CO
1 .602 X 10 " c
2.9979x I O ' m . I iI
r d ucta ncc

permeance
R I I

P Y
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reciprocal henry
r e b e r per ampere
ti
Wb/*
perrnsttivity 01 vacuum. elec const ............
permeability d vacuum. mag const ......... rm
8.854 x I?.'' F m
4 r x IO' H m
Ptanch Constant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . h 6.626 X J s
{henry H Bollzmann conslant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . k 1.38 x IO 1 K
magnetic llux density 8 tesla T Wb,m' faraday constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f 9 . 6 4 9 ~lO;C,moi
magnetic lield strength H ampere per meter A:m standara gravitational acceleratum .......... g" 9.807 m, s
permeability (absolute) ,a henry per meter H/m noimal atmosphers pressure ............. atm 101.3 CPa
relative permealxlrty p, (numera)

V.E comma mdtcates alternate symbol5

L0"tera LO' deha da 10'' micro ,,
fhcroa. I O " eiga C 10.' nJn0 n
U dots tndrate reserve symbol UNIT PREFIX. IO' mega M 10.' d K t d IO." p c o p
10' kilo IO" cent4 C
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