APPENDIX E UNIT CONVERSION FACTORS Length 1m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 10% am = 10° nm km = 1000 m ~ 0.6214 mi Tm = 3281 f= 39.37 in 3937 in 2.540 em | nautical mile = 6080 ft 1 light year = 9.461 10" m Area Lem? Lm 0.76 12 Lin ine 2 = 0.0929 m? Volume Liter = 1000 em* = 10? m? = 0.03531 1 = 61.02 in? 1 fC = 0.02832 m? = 28.32 liters = 7.477 gallons 3.788 liters = 605 3600 5 86,400 s 365.24 d = 3.156 X 107s Angle rad = 57.30° = 180°/x 1" = 0001785 rad = 17/180 rad 1 revolution = 360° = 2a rad 1 rev/min (rpm) = 0.1047 rad/s Speed 1m/s = 3.281 f/s 1Lfy/s = 0.3088 m/s 1 mifmin = 60 mi/h = 88 1's km/h = 0.2778 m/s = 0.6214 mifh Lmi/h = 1.466 fr/s = 0.4470 m/s = 1.609 km/h | furlong/fortnight = 1.662 x 10~*m/s Acceleration 1 m/s? = 100 cm/s? = 3.281 fys? m/s? = 0.01 m/s* = 0.03281 ft/s? 1 fi/s* = 0.3048 m/s = 30.48 cm/s? I mifh-s = 1.467 fy" Mass Lkg = 10° g = 0.0685 slug Lg = 685 X 107 slug Islug = 14.59 ke Lu = 1661 < 1077 kg 1 kg has a weight of 2.205 tb when ¢ = 9.80 m/s* Force IN = 108 dyn = 0.2248 tb 1b = 4448 = 4.448 x 10% dyn Pressure 1Pa = N/m? = 1.450 x 10~Ibjin.? = 0.208 Ibe? bar = 10° Pa Libfin? = 6895 Pa Lijit? = 47.88 Pa Lam = 1.013 x 10°Pa = 1.013 bar 2117 bj 1mm Hg = 1333 Pa Energy 13 = 10" ergs = 0.239 cal 1 cal = 4.186 (based on 15° calorie) Lieb = 1.3567 Btw = 1055.7 = 252eal = 7784-16 LeV = 1.602 x 10775 1 kWh = 3.600 x 10°F Mass-Energy Equivalence 1kg ++ 8.988 x 10°F 1u«>931.5 MeV LeVer 1.074 x 10% u Power 1W = Lys Lp = 746 W = 550 ft-Ib/s 1Bru/h 293.W