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CONVERSIONS

This document provides conversion factors for linear measurements, area, volume, angles, mass and weight, work and energy, power, temperature, pressure, fluids, properties of air and water, and numerical prefixes. It includes conversions between feet, meters, yards, miles, gallons, liters, pounds, kilograms, degrees, radians, joules, watts, atmospheres and other common units used in engineering.

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CONVERSIONS

This document provides conversion factors for linear measurements, area, volume, angles, mass and weight, work and energy, power, temperature, pressure, fluids, properties of air and water, and numerical prefixes. It includes conversions between feet, meters, yards, miles, gallons, liters, pounds, kilograms, degrees, radians, joules, watts, atmospheres and other common units used in engineering.

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CONVERSIONS

LINEAR
STATUE MILE = 5280 feet
= 1760 yards
1 NAUTICAL MILE = 6080 feet
1 LEAGUE = 3 NAUTICAL MILES
= 18240 feet
1 YARD = 3 feet
= 0.9144 m
1 METER = 100 cm
= 1000 mm
= 3.28 feet
= 1.093 yard
1 FOOT = 12 inches
1 INCH = 2.54 cm
= 25.4 mm
1 ROD = 5.5 yards
= 16.5 feet
1 FURLONG = 40 rods
= 220 yards
1 CABLE LENGTH = 720 feet
1 FATHOM = 6 feet
1 SPAN = 9 inches
1 VARA = 33.33 inches
1 MIL = 0.001 inch

AREA
1 HECTARE = 10,000 sq. m
= 11,960 sq. yards
1 ACRE = 43,560 sq. yards
= 4046.8 sq. m
= 0.4047 hectare
1 SQUARE METER = 10.76 sq. feet
= 1.195 sq. yard
VOLUME
1 QUART = 2 pints
1 US GALLON = 231 cu. Inches
= 3.7854 liters
= 4 quarts
1 BRITISH GALLON = 277.42 cu. Inches
1 CU. METER = 1000 liters
= 35.31cu. feet
= 264.2 US gallon
1 CU. FEET = 7.28 US gallon
= 28.32 liters
= 1728 cu. Inches
1 GANTA = 3 liters
= 8 chupas
1 CAVAN = 25 gantas

ANGLE
60 DEGREES = 2π radians
= 400 grads
= 6400 mils
= 1 rev
90 DEG = 100 grad
1 DEG = 60 min
1 MIN = 60 sec

MASS & WEIGHT


1 TON = 2000 pounds(lbs)
1 LONG TON = 2240 lbs
1 METRIC TON = 1000 kg
= 2200 tons
1 POUND = 16 ounces
1 KIP = 1000 lbs
1 KG = 2.22lbs
1 KGF = 9.80665 Newtons
1 NEWTON = 0.1019 kg
= 0.0459 lb
1 POUND (lb) = 0.453592 kg
= 0.138255 N
WORK & ENERGY
1 BTU = 778 ft-lb
= 252 cal
= 0.252 kcal
= 1.055 kJ
1 KCAL = 4.187 kJ
1 CAL = 4.187 Joule
1 ERG = 1 Dyne-cm
= 10⁻⁷ Joule
1 JOULE = 1 N-m
1 KJ = 1000 Joule

POWER
1 HORSEPOWER = 550 ft-lb/sec
= 33,000 ft-lb/min
= 2545 Btu/hr
= 42.4 Btu/min
= 0.746 kw
= 746 watts
= 1.014 MHP
1 KW = 3413 Btu/hr
= kJ/sec
1 WATT = J/sec
1 MHP = 0.736 kw
1 BOILER HP =33,480 Btu/hr
= 35,322 kJ/hr

TEMPERATURE

C= )

F=

K=

∆
∆

PRESSURE
1 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE = 101.325 kPa
(ATM)
= 14.7 psi
= 760 mm HG
= 29.92 in. HG
= 1.033 KG/cm²
1 BAR = 100 kPa
1 Pa = 1 N/mm²
1 KPa = 1 KN/m²
= 1000 Pa

FLUIDS
1 POISE = 1 Dyne-sec/cm²
= 0.1 Pa-s
1 STROKE = 1 cm²/sec
= 0.001 m²/sec
1 lb-sec/ft² = 478.7 Poises
1 ft²/sec = 929 cm²/s
ft³/sec = 0.646 million gallons per
day(mgd)
= 448.8 gal/min (gpm)
1 m³/sec = 1000 lit/sec
= 35.31 ft³/sec

PROPERTIES OF AIR:
PROPERTIES OF WATER:

NUMERICAL PREFIXES
VALUE EXPONENT SYMBOL PREFIX
1 000 000 000 000 000 10¹⁸ E Exa
1 000 000 000 000 000 10¹⁵ P Peta
1 000 000 000 000 10¹² T Tera
1 000 000 000 10⁹ G Giga
1 000 000 10⁶ M Mega
1 000 10³ k kilo
100 10² h hecto
10 10¹ da deca
0.1 10⁻¹ d deci
0.01 10⁻² c centi
0.001 10⁻³ m milli
0.000 001 10⁻⁶ μ micro
0.000 000 001 10⁻⁹ n nano
0.000 000 000 001 10⁻¹² p pico
0.000 000 000 000 001 10⁻¹⁵ f femto
0.000 000 000 000 000 001 10⁻¹⁸ a atto

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