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1 Conversion Factors To Convert To Multiply by Length inches millimeters 25.4 inches feet feet inches 12* feet meters feet yards feet miles (U.S. statute) yards yards 3* yards miles (U.S. statute) miles (U.S. statute) feet 5280* miles (U.S. statute) yards 1760* miles (U.S. statute) meters 1609 miles (U.S. statute) nautical miles meters feet meters yards meters miles (U.S. statute) nautical miles miles (U.S. statute) Area square inches square centimeters square inches square feet square feet square inches 144* square feet square meters square meters square feet square miles square yards 3,097,600*

2 square yards square feet 9* Volume cubic inches cubic centimeters cubic inches cubic feet cubic feet cubic inches 1728* cubic feet cubic meters cubic feet U.S. gallons cubic meters cubic feet liters quarts (U.S. liquid) quarts (U.S. liquid) liters U.S. gallons barrels (petroleum) U.S. gallons cubic feet U.S. gallons Imperial gallons barrels (petroleum) U.S. gallons 42* Imperial gallons U.S. gallons milliliters cubic centimeters 1* Time seconds minutes seconds hours seconds days minutes seconds 60* minutes hours minutes days hours seconds 3600* hours minutes 60* hours days Mass or Weight

3 pounds kilograms pounds short tons * pounds long tons pounds metric tons tons (short) pounds 2000* tons (metric) pounds 2205 tons (long) pounds 2240* kilograms pounds tonnes (metric tons) kilograms 1000* Energy calories Btu calories joules Btu (British Thermal Units) calories Btu joules 1055 joules calories joules Btu Velocity feet per second meters per second feet per second miles per hour feet per second knots meters per second feet per second meters per second miles per hour miles per hour meters per second miles per hour feet per second knots meters per second knots miles per hour knots feet per second 1.689

4 Density pounds per cubic foot grams per cubic centimeter grams per cubic centimeter pounds per cubic foot grams per cubic centimeter kilograms per cubic meter 1000* kilograms per cubic meter grams per cubic centimeter 0.001* Pressure pounds per square inch absolute (psia) kilonewtons per square meter (kn/m 2 ) psia atmospheres psia inches of water psia millimeters of mercury (torr) pounds per square inch gauge (psig) psia add millimeters of mercury (torr) psia millimeters of mercury (torr) kn/m inches of water psia kilograms per square centimeter millimeters of mercury (torr) inches of water kn/m kilograms per square centimeter atmospheres atmospheres kn/m kilograms per square centimeter psia atmospheres psia bars kn/m 2 100* kilonewtons per square meter psia bars atmospheres kilonewtons per square meter atmospheres bars kilograms per square centimeter Viscosity centipoises pounds per foot per second

5 pounds per foot per second centipoises 1488 centipoises poises 0.01* centipoises newton seconds per square meter 0.001* poises grams per centimeter per second 1* grams per centimeter per second poises 1* newton seconds per square meter centipoises 1000* Thermal Conductivity Btu per hour per foot per o F watts per meter-kelvin Btu per hour per foot per o F kilocalories per hour per meter per o C watts per meter-kelvin Btu per hour per foot per o F kilocalories per hour per meter per o C watts per meter-kelvin kilocalories per hour per meter per o C Btu per hour per foot per o F Heat Capacity Btu per pound per o F calories per gram per o C 1* Btu per pound per o F joules per kilogram-kelvin 4187 joules per kilogram-kelvin Btu per pound per o F calories per gram per o C Btu per pound per o F 1* Concentration (in water solution) parts per million (ppm) milligrams per liter 1* milligrams per liter ppm 1* milligrams per cubic meter grams per cubic centimeter 1 X 10-9 grams per cubic centimeter milligrams per cubic meter 1 X 10 9 grams per cubic centimeter pounds per cubic foot pounds per cubic foot grams per cubic centimeter Temperature degrees Kelvin ( o K) degrees Rankine ( o R) 1.8* degrees Rankine ( o R) degrees Kelvin ( o K)

6 degrees centigrade ( o C) degrees Fahrenheit ( o F) first multiply by 1.8, then add 32 degrees Fahrenheit ( o F) degrees centigrade ( o C) first subtract 32, then multiply by degrees centigrade ( o C) degrees Kelvin ( o K) add degrees Fahrenheit ( o F) degrees Rankine ( o R) add Flow cubic feet per second U.S. gallons per minute U.S. gallons per minute cubic feet per second Universal Gas Constant (R) joules per gram mole-kelvin calories per gram mole-kelvin Btu per pound mole per o F psia-cubic feet per pound mole per o F atm-cubic centimeters per gram mole-kelvin millimeters mercury liter per gram mole-kelvin

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