CONVERSION FACTORS

Length: 1 Joule= 107 ergs

1 inch (in.) = 2.54 cm
1 foot (ft) = 30.48 cm
1 foot (ft) = 12 in.
1 mile (mi) = 5280 ft
1 mile (mi) = 1.609 km
1 meter = 39.37 in.
Mass:
1 kilogram (kg) = 2.205 pounds (lb)
1 kilogram (kg) = 0.06852 slug;
1 lb = 454 g
1 slug = 32.2 lb
Volume:
1 liter (l) = 1000cm3
1 liter (l) = 1.057 quart (qt)
1 liter (l) = 61.02 in3
1 liter (l) = 0.03532 ft3
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1 cubic meter (m ) = 1000 l
3 3
1 cubic meter (m ) = 35.32 ft
1 cubic foot (ft3) = 7.481 U.S.gal
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1 cubic foot (ft ) = 0.02832 m
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1 cubic foot (ft ) = 28.32 l
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1 U.S. gallon (gal) = 231 in
1 U.S. gallon (gal) = 3.7854 l
Force:
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1 newton (N) = 10 dynes
1 newton (N) = 0.1020 kgf
1 kg-force = 9.81 N
1 newton (N) = 0.225 lbf
1 newton (N) = 7.239 poundals
1 pound weight (lbf) = 4.448 N
1 pound weight (lbf) = 0.454 kgf
1 pound weight (lbf) = 32.2 poundals
1 kilogram weight (kgf) = 2.205 lbf
1 pound weight (lbf) = 9.807 N
1 U.S. short ton = 2000 lbf
1 long ton = 2240 lbf
1 metric ton = 2205 lbf
Energy:
1 Joule = 1 N m
1 Joule = 0.7376 ft- lbf
1 Joule = 0.2389 cal
1 Joule = 9.481 × 10-4 Btu
1 ft lbf = 1.356 joules
1 ft lbf = 0.3239 cal
1 calorie (cal) = 4.187 Joules
1 calorie (cal) = 3.087 ft lbf
1 Btu (British thermal unit) = 778 ft lbf
1 Btu (British thermal unit)= 1055 Joules
1 Btu (British thermal unit)= 0.293 watt hour
1 Btu (British thermal unit)= 252 calorie (cal)
1 kilowatt hour (kw hr) = 3.60 × 106 J
1 kilowatt hour (kw hr)= 860 kcal
1 kilowatt hour (kw hr)= 3413 Btu
1 electron volt (ev) = 1.602 × 10-19 Joule
Power:
1 watt = 1 Joule/sec
1 watt = 107 ergs/sec
1 watt = 0.2389 cal/sec
1 horsepower (hp) = 550 ft lbf/sec
1 horsepower (hp) = 33,000 ft lbf/min
1 horsepower (hp) = 746 watts
1 kilowatt (kw) = 1.341 hp
1 kilowatt (kw) = 737.6 ft lbf/sec
1 kilowatt (kw) = 0.9483 Btu/sec
Pressure:
1 N/m2 = 10 dynes/cm2
1 N/m2 = 9.869 × 10-6 atmosphere
1 N/m2 = 2.089 × 10-2 lbf/ft2
1 lbf/in2 = 6895 N/m2
1 lbf/in2 = 5.171 cm mercury
1 lbf/in2 = 27.68 in water
1 atmosphere (atm) = 101,325 Pa
1 atmosphere (atm) = 1.01325 bars
1 atmosphere (atm) = 29.92 in mercury
1 atmosphere (atm) = 14.70 lbf/in2
1 atmosphere (atm) = 76 cm mercury
1 atmosphere (atm) = 406.8 in.water
1 kgf/cm2 = 0.9679 bar