CONVERSIONS

LINEAR ”

STATUTE MILE 5280 feet

1760 yards
1 NAUTICAL 6080 feet
MILE 3 NAUTICAL
1 LEAGUE MILES
1 YARD = 18240 feet
3 feet
1 METER 0.9144 m
100 cm
1000 mm
3.28 feet
1 FOOT 1.09312yard
inches
1 fNCH = 2.54 cm
= 25.4 mm
1 ROD = 5.5 yards
16.5 feet
1 FURLONG = 40 rorls
1 CABLE LENGTH 720
220feet
yards
1 FATHOM 6 feet
1 SPAN 9 inches
1 VARA 33.33 inches
1 MIL = 0.001 inch

1 HECTARE (ha) 10,000 sq. m

11,9d0 sq. yards 1
ACRE = 43,560 sq. yards
4046.
8 sq. m
1 SQUARE METER = 10.76 sq. feat
0.40
471.195 sq. yard
hectare

1 QUART 2 pints
1 US GALLON 231 cu. inches
= 3.7B54 liters
= 4 quarts
1 BRITISH GALLON 277.42 cu. inches
1 CU. METER = 1000 liters
= 35.31 cu. feet
264.2 US gallon
1 CU. FEET 7.48 US gallun
28.32 liters
1728 cu. inch
1 GANTA 3 liters
8 chupas
1 CAVAN 25 gantas

ANGLE

60 DEGREES 2x radians
400 grads
6400 mils
1 rev
90 DEG = 100
1 DEG grad
1 MIN 60 min
 CONVERSIONS

1 TON = 2000 pound

1 LONG TON = 2240 lbs
I METRIC TON = 1000 kg
= 2200 pa, iuds
1 POUN ces
1 KIP 1000 lbs
1 KG 2.2
1KGF 2 lbs
1 g.8
NEWTO 066S
1 POUND (lb)N Newtons
0.1
019 kg
WORK & ENERGY 0.U
459 lb
1 BTU = 778 ft-lb 0.4
53592
252 catkg
= 0.252 0.1
38255 N
kcal
1 KCAL =—5.1871 055kJ
1 CAL =kJ 4.187 Joule
1 ERG 1D

1 JOULE = 1 N-m
1 KJ 1000 Joule
1 Centigrade Heat Unit (CH U) = 1.9004 kJ = 1.8013 BTU

1 HORSEPOWER 550 ft-lb/sec

— 33.000 II-lb/min
= 254a Btu/hr
42.4 Btu/min
0.746 kw
746 watts
1.014 MHP
1 KW

1 WATT 3413 Btu/hr

1 MHP kJ/sec
= J/sec
1 BOILER HP
= 0.736 kw
33,480 Btu/hr
TEMPERATURE = 35,322 kJ/hr

‘C =

”K °C + 273
”R = °F + 460
 ÛÖNVERSIONS
PRES'2 UR E

1 ATMOSPHEI?IC PRESSURE (ATM) 101.32S kPa.

14.7 psi
- 760 mm HG
29.92. in. HG
1.033 KG/cm*
1 I3AR 100 kPa
1 Pa 1 N/mm*
1 KPa 1’KN/
m*
= 1000
FLUIDS Pa

1 POtSE —- 1 Dyne-ste/cm2
= 0.1 Pa-a
1STOKE = 1 cm*/sec
0.001 m*/sëc
1 Ib-sec/ft* 4T8.T Poises
.1 929 crn2/s
0.646 million
/sec gaMons per
1 m /sec day lit/sec
ft ls = 1000 (mgd)
448.8 ft
35.31 gal/min
3
/sec
(gpm)

FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS:

Accelerätion of free fall (g)...... ......... ........... 9.80665 m/s2

Avogadro constant (L, Nir) ...... ..... ........,...... 6:02252 x 1 mol 1
Boltzmann constant (k = R/Ne)...... ...............1.380622 y 10”” J/K
Electric Constant (p)......, ... ...... ................... 8.854 x 10 2 F/m
Electronic charge (e),........ ......... .. .............. 1.602192 x 10-1’ C
Electronic rest mass (m,)......... ................... 9.109558 x 10“ 1 kg
Faraday constant (F).:.... ......... .................. 9..648670 x10 C/mol
Gas constant (R)... ................... . .8.31434 J/k MOI- K
2
Gravitatfonal œnstant (G)........................... 6.664x10 N -
Loschmidt's.constant ( L) - • -. - ...... ........ z.6 71g x.10 3g
Magnetic constant (p)................................4s x 10” Him
Neutron rest mass (m,).............................. 1.67492 x 10-27 kg
Plarick constant (h).................... ............. ...6.626196 x 1ô-^ Je
Proton rest m8SÑ (ép).., ,............................ 1.672614 x 10”* kg
8peed of light (c)... .’..... ..........................,... 2.99792458x10’ rn/s.
Stefan-Boltzmann constant (o).......... ........... 5.6697 x 10 m-2

PROPERTU S 0 F AIR:

kcal ) kJ
s Btu
Cp 0.24 - 0.24
Ib —O F kg—0 C kg-*
0
C kJ
c. - Btu = 0.171 kcal 0.71
0./ 7t Ib— F ’kg-* C
" kJ
R — Ib
Ib — R -—
53.3 — O
0.287
k 1.4
 CONVERSONS

Cp 4. I S Btu
1.0
7 kg—” C
lb —' F
L latent heat of fusion 335 kJ’ Btu
144
kg lb
Specific (sensible) heat of ice 2.093
kg -” C
BtU
0.5
lb —0 F
Latent heat
of
vaporizatio
n (from
and at 100
C)
Btu
2257 970.3
kg Ib
Latent heat of water
NUMERICAL vapor in air and flue gases
PREFIXES
(average)
VALUE EXPONENT SYMBOL PREFix
Btu
2442 — 105‹
1 000 000 000 000 000 10" E Exa
1 000 000 000 000 000 10'* P Peta
1 000 000 000 000 10‘2 T Tera
1 000 000 000 10’ G Giga
1 000 000 10’ M Mega
1 000 10’ k kilo
100 102 h hecto
10 101 da deca
0.1 10 1 d deci
0.01 10”2 c centi
0.001 10 * m milli
0.000 001 10 p micro
0.000 000 001 10“ n nano
õ.000 000 000 001 10“ p pico
0.000 000 000 000 00t 10- ‹ ‹smt
0.000 000 000 000 000 001 10“ ’
** 1 a o
atto