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Unit Conversion Factors

Angle
Mass (Weight)
Area
Mass Per Unit Area
Density
Moment Of Force
Fluid Capacity
Pressure, Stress
Flow
Speed
Force Per Unit Length
Temperature
Heat Transfer
Thermal Conductivity
Illuminance
Volume
Length
Work, Energy, Heat
Luminance

LENGTH

1 statute mile = 1.609344 km 1 km = 0.6213712 statute mile

1 yd = 0.9144 m 1m = 1.0936133 yd

1 ft = 0.304799 m 1m = 3.280851 ft

1 in = 2.5399956 cm 1 cm = 0.39370147 in

1 in = 25.399956 mm 1 mm = 0.03937014 in

AREA

1 mile2 = 2.589998 km2 1 km2 = 0.3861007 statute mile

1 acre = 0.4046873 ha 1 ha = 2.4710437 acres

1 acre = 4046.873 m2 1 m2 = 0.0002471 acres

1 yd2 = 0.8361274 m2 1 m2 = 1.19599 yd2

1 ft2 = 0.09290304 m2 1 m2 = 10.7639104 ft2

1 in2 = 645.16 mm2 1 mm2 = 0.0015500 in2

VOLUME

1 acre ft = 1233.489 m3 1 m3 = 0.0008107 acre ft

1 yd3 = 0.7645549 m3 1 m3 = 1.307951 yd3

100 board ft = 0.2359737 m3 1 m3 = 4.2377604 board ft

1 ft3 = 0.02831685 m3 1 m3 = 35.3147 ft3

1 in3 = 16387.06 mm3 1 mm3 = 0.000061 in3

1 in3 = 16.3871 cm3 1 cm3 = 0.061024 in3

1 barrel = 0.1589873 m3 1 m3 = 6.2898106 barrel

FLUID CAPACITY

1 gal (US) = 3.785412 L 1L = 0.264172 gal (US)

1 qt (US) = 946.3529 mL 1 mL = 0.0010567 qt (US)

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1 pt (US) = 473.1765 mL 1 mL = 0.0021134 pt (US)

1 fl oz (US) = 29.5735 mL 1 mL = 0.0338141 fl oz (US)

1 gal (US) = 0.003785412 m3 1 m3 = 264.1720373 gal (US)

1 barrel (US) = 158.98 L 1L = 0.0062901 barrel (US)

1 gal (US) = 0.83333 gal (UK) (approx.) 1L = 0.001 m3 (approx.)

PLANE ANGLE

1� (degree) = 0.01745329 rad 1 rad = 57.2957878� (degree)

1� (degree) = 17.45329 mrad 1 mrad = 0.0572958� (degree)

1’ (minute) = 290.8882 urad 1 urad = 0.0034377’ (minute)

1" (second) = 4.848137 urad 1 urad = 0.2062648" (second)

SPEED

1 ft/m = 0.3048 m/m 1 m/m = 3.2808399 ft/m

1 ft/m = 0.00508 m/s 1 m/s = 196.8503937 ft/m

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s 1 m/s = 3.2808399 ft/s

1mile/h = 1.609344 km/h 1 km/h = 0.6213712 mile/h

1mile/h = 0.44704 m/s 1 m/s = 2.2369363 mile/h

TEMPERATURE

�F = [ (�F - 32) /1.8 ] oC �C = (�C x 1.8 + 32 ) �F

60 �F = [ (60 - 32) /1.8] = 15.6

Example:
�C
Example: 30 �C = (30 x 1.8 + 32 ) = 86�F

FLOW

1 ft3/s = 0.02831685 m3/s 1 m3/s = 35.3146625 ft3/s

1 ft3/min = 0.4719474 L/s 1 L/s = 2.1188802 ft3/min

1 gal/min = 0.0630902 L/s 1 L/s = 15.8503222 gal/min

1gal/min = 0.0038 m3/min 1 m3/min = 263.1578947 gal/min

1 gal/hour = 1.0515 mL/s 1 mL/s = 0.9510223 gal/hour

1 million gal/d = 43.8126 L/s 1 L/s = 0.0228245 million gal/d

1 acre ft/s = 1233.49 m3/s 1 m3/s = 0.0008107 acre ft/s

MASS (WEIGHT)

1 metric
1 ton (short) = 0.907185 metric ton = 1.102311 ton (short)
ton

1 ton (short) = 907.1847 kg 1 kg = 0.0011023 ton (short)

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1 ton (long) = 1016.04706 kg 1 kg = 0.0009842 ton (long)

1 lb = 0.4535924 kg 1 kg = 2.2046225 lb

1 oz = 28.34952 g 1g = 0.035274 oz

Note: 1 long ton = 1.12 short ton = 2240 lb

MASS PER UNIT AREA

1 lb/ft2 = 4.882428 kg/m2 1 kg/m2 = 0.2048161 lb/ft2

1 oz/yd2 = 33.90575 g/m2 1 g/m2 = 0.0294935 oz/yd2

1 oz/ft2 = 305.1517 g/m2 1 g/m2 = 0.0032771 oz/ft2

DENSITY

1 lb/ft3 = 16.01846 kg/m3 1 kg/m3 = 0.062428 lb/ft3

1 lb/yd3 = 0.5932764 kg/m3 1 kg/m3 = 1.685555 lb/yd3

1 ton/ yd3 = 1.186553 t/m3 1 t/m3 = 0.8427774 ton/ yd3

FORCE

1 tonf (ton-force) = 8.89644 kN 1 kN = 0.1124045 tonf (ton-force)

1 kip (1,000 lbf) = 4.44822 kN 1 kN = 0.224809 kip (1,000 lb)

1 lbf (pound-force) = 4.44822 N 1N = 0.224809 lbf (pound-force)

MOMENT OF FORCE

1 lbf� f = 1.355818 N� m 1 N� m = 0.7375621 lbf� f

1 lbf� in = 0.1129848 N� m 1 N� m = 8.8507481 lbf� in

1 tonf� ft = 2.71164 kN� m 1 kN� m = 0.3687805 tonf� ft

1 kip� ft = 1.35582 kN� m 1 kN� m = 0.737561 kip� ft

FORCE PER UNIT LENGTH

1 lb/ft = 14.5939 N/m 1 N/m = 0.0685218 lb/ft

1 lbf/in = 175.1268 N/m 1 N/m = 0.0057101 lb/in

1 tonf/ft = 29.1878 kN/m 1 kN/m = 0.0342609 tonf/ft

PRESSURE, STRESS

1 tonf/in2 = 13.7895 Mpa 1Mpa = 0.0725189 tonf/in2

1 tonf/ft2 = 95.7605 kPa 1 kPa = 0.0104427 tonf/ft2

1 kip/in2 = 6.894757 Mpa 1 Mpa = 0.1450377 kip/in2

1 lbf/in2 = 6.894757 kPa 1 kPa = 0.1450377 lbf/in2

1 lbf/ft2 = 47.8803 Pa 1 Pa = 0.0208854 lbf/ft2

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Atmosphere = 101.3250 kPa 1 kPa = 0.0098692 Atmosphere

1 inch mercury = 3.37685 kPa 1 kPa = 0.296134 inch mercury

1 foot water
= 2.98898 kPa 1 kPa = 0.3345623 foot water column
column

WORK, ENERGY, HEAT

1 kWh (550 ft� = 3.6 MJ 1 MJ = 0.2777778 kWh (550 ft� lbf/s)

lbf/s)

1 BTU = 1.055056 kJ 1 kJ = 0.947817 BTU

1 BTU = 1055.056 J 1J = 0.0009478 BTU

1 ft� lbf = 1.355818 J 1J = 0.7375621 ft� lbf

HEAT TRANSFER

1
1 BTU/(ft2� h�
�F)
= 5.678263 W/(m2� K) W/m2� = 0.1761102 BTU/(ft2� h� �F)
K

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY

1 BTU/(ft� h� 1 W/m�
�F)
= 1.730735 W/(m� K)
K
= 0.5777892 BTU/(ft� h� �F)

ILLUMINANCE

1 lm/ft2(footcandle) = 10.76391 lx (lux) 1 lx = 0.092903 lm/ft2(footcandle)

LUMINANCE

1 cd/ft2 = 10.7639 cd/m2 1 cd/m2 = 0.0929031 cd/ft2

1 foot lambert = 3.426259 cd/m2 1 cd/m2 = 0.2918635 foot lambert

1 lambert = 3.183099 kcd/m2 1 kcd/m2 = 0.3141593 lambert

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