K Conversion Factors and Examples
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Note: In general, the conversion factors are given with three or four significant figures.
In reference 1 of chapter 1, IEEE/ASTM Standard SI 10-2002 provides for va-
more accurate lores.
TABLE K.1 Factors of
conversion Dough Standard unit of the SI: kilogram (kg). Equivalent unit: N?s 2/m.
14.59 kg 32.174 lbm 2.205 lbm 453.6 grams 2000 lbm 1000 kg
slug slug kg lbm tonm metric tonm
Strength Standard unit of SI: newton (N). Equivalent unit: kgؒ m/s2.
4.448 N 105dinas 4.448 times 105day 224.8 lbf
lbf N lbf kN
Length
3.281 feet 39.37 inches 12 inches 1.609 km 5280 feet 6076 feet
m m pies me me nautical mile
Area
144 inches2 10.76 feet2 645.2 mm2 106mm2 43,560 feet2 104m2
pies2 m2 flea2 m2 acre hectare
Volume
1728 inches3 231 inches3 7.48 gallons 264.2 gal 3.785 L 35.31 feet3
pies3 gal pies3 m3 gal m3
28.32 L 1000 L 61.02 inches3 1000 cm3 1.201 U.S. gal
pies3 m3 L L imperial gallon
Volumetric flow rate
449 gallons per minute 35.31 feet3/s 15,850 gallons per minute 3.785 L/min
pies3/s m3/s m3/s gal/min
60,000 L/min 2119 feet3/min 16.67 L/min 101.9 m3/h
m3/s m3/s m3/h pies3/s
Density (mass/unit of volume)
515.4 kg/m3 1000 kg/m3 32.17 lbm/pies3 16.018 kg/m3
slug/pies3 grams/cm3 slug/pies3 lbm/pies3
Specific weight (weight/unit of volume)
157.1 N/m3 1728 lb/feet3
lbf /pies3 lb/inch3
608
Appendix K Conversion Factors 609
14.50 lb to inches2
Pressure Standard unit of the SI: pascal (Pa). Equivalent units: N/m2o kg/m?s 2.
N>m2
144 lb/ft2 47.88 Pa 6895 Pa 1 Pa 100 kPa
lb/inch2 lb/feet2 lb/inch2 bar bar
27.68 inchesH2O 249.1 Pa 2.036 inHg 3386 Pa 133.3 Pa 51.71 mmHg
lb/inch2 pulgH2O lb/inch2 pulgHg mmHg lb/inch2
14.696 lb/inch2 101.325 kPa 29.92 inHg 760.1 mmHg
standard atm standard ATM standard atm standard atm
Note: The conversion factors based on the height of a liquid column (for
example in inch H2O y mm Hg), and which in turn are based on a gravitational field es-
standard (g59.806 65 m/s2), a water density of 1000 kg/m3and a density
of mercury of 13,595.1 kg/m3sometimes they are referred to as conventional values
for a temperature of 0 °C or close to this value. The actual measurements with such
Fluids can vary due to differences in local gravity and temperature.
Energy Standard unit of the SI: joule (J). Equivalent unit: N·m or kg·m.2/s2.
1.356 J 1.0 J 8.85 lb-in 1.055 kJ 3.600 kJ 778.17 pie-lb
lb-pies NÁ m J Btu W# h Btu
Power Standard SI550 lb-ft
unit: (W) Equivalent unit: J/s or3.412 Btu>h
N·m/s.
lb-pies>s
745.7 W 1.0 W 1.356 W 1.341 hp
hp Nؒ m/s hp W kW
Dynamic viscosity Standard unit of the SI: Pa or N/m2centipoise
47.88 Pa #
s 10 poise 1000 cP 100 cP 1 cP
lb-s/pies2 Pa #s Pa #s poise 1 mPa #s
Kinematic viscosity Standard unit of the SI: m2/s (cSt5centistoke)
10.764 feet2/s 104stoke 106cSt 100 cSt 1 cSt 106mm2/s
m2/s m2/s m2/s stoke
1 mm2/s m2/s
See section 2.7.5 for conversion to Saybolt Universal seconds.
Enfoque general para aplicar los factores de conversió[Link] los factores de
conversion of the table, so that when multiplied by a given amount,
the original units are canceled and the desired ones remain.
Example 1 Convert 0.24 m3/s a gal/min:
15,850 gallons per minute
(0.24 m3/s) 3804 gallons per minute
m3/s
Example 2 Convert 150 gal/min to m3/s:
1 m3/s
150 gallons per minute 9.46 times 10-3m3/s
15,850 gallons per minute
Temperature conversions (see section 1.7)
TCT=(T
Given the temperature Fahrenheit -32)>1.8
Fin F°F, the Celsius temperature TCin °C is
Given the temperature TCin °C, the temperature TFin °F is
TF =1.8TC+32