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Appendix C: Engineering Conversion Factors

Unit Conversion Factors

Temperature
1  C ¼ 1.8  F 1  F ¼ 0.556  C
   
n C ¼ 95 n þ 32  F n  F ¼ n32 59  C
Pressure
1 kg/cm2 ¼ 14.223 psi 1 mm Hg at 0  C ¼ 1.361 cm H2Oat 15  C
1 psi ¼ 0.07 031 kg/cm2 1 cm H2O at 15  C ¼ 0.7349 mm Hg at 0  C
Flow
1 kg/sec ¼ 3.60 t/hr ¼ 7936.6 lb/hr
1 t/hr ¼ 0.2778 kg/sec ¼ 2204.6 lb/hr
1 lb/hr ¼ 1.260  104 kg/sec ¼ 4.536  104 t/hr
1 L/sec ¼ 15.850 (US)gal/min ¼ 13.199 Imp gal/min
1 (US) gal/min ¼ 0.8327 Imp gal/min ¼ 0.063 091 L/sec
1 Imp gal/min ¼ 1.20 094 (US) gal/min ¼ 0.075 766 L/sec
Heat Energy
1 kcal ¼ 3.9683 Btu 1 Btu ¼ 0.2520 kcal
Heat Flux
1 cal/cm2 sec ¼ 4.1840 W/cm2 ¼ 13 263 Btu/ft2 hr
1 W/cm2 ¼ 0.2390 cal/cm2 sec ¼ 3171 Btu/ft2 hr
1 Btu/ft2 hr ¼ 0.754  104 cal/cm2 sec ¼ 3.154  104 W/cm2

Fusion: Second, Completely Revised and Enlarged edition. Weston M. Stacey


Copyright Ó 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
ISBN: 978-3-527-40967-9
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242 Appendix C: Engineering Conversion Factors

Heat Transfer Coefficient


cal/cm2 sec  C ¼ 4.1833 W/cm2  C ¼ 7373.5 Btu/ft2 hr  F
1 W/cm2  C ¼ 0.239 cal/cm2 sec  C ¼ 1762.2 Btu/ft2 hr  F
1 Btu/ft2 hr  F ¼ 1.3563  104 cal/cm2 sec  C ¼ 5.673  104 W/cm2  C
Length
1 cm ¼ 0.3937 in. 1 in. ¼ 2.540 cm
1 m ¼ 3.28 083 ft 1 ft ¼ 0.30 480 m
1 km ¼ 0.62 137 mile 1 mile ¼ 1.609 3 km
Area
1 cm2 ¼ 0.1550 in.2 1 in.2 ¼ 6.4516 cm2
1 m2 ¼ 10.764 ft2 1 ft2 ¼ 0.09 290 m2
Volume
1 cm3 ¼ 0.06 103 in.3 1 in.3 ¼ 16.3870 cm3
1 m3 ¼ 35.314 ft3 1 ft3 ¼ 0.028 317 m3
Capacity
1 L ¼ 0.21 998 Imp gal ¼ 0.26 417 (US) gal
1 Imp gal ¼ 4.5460 L ¼ 1.20 094 (US) gal
1 (US) gal ¼ 3.7854 L ¼ 0.8327 Imp gal
Weight
1 kg ¼ 2.2046 lb 1 lb ¼ 0.4536 kg
Density
1 g/cm3 ¼ 62.43 lb/ft3 1 lb/ft3 ¼ 0.01 602 g/cm3
Power
1 hp ¼ 0.7457 kW 1 kW ¼ 1.341 hp

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