Magnitudes and units
fundamentals of the S.I.
Length m
Table Kg
Time s
Temperature °K
Current intensity A
Luminous intensity cd
Amount of substance mol
Magnitudes and units
complementary to the S.I.
Conversion factors
Plane angle rad
Length Table Solid angle sr
1 m 100 cm = 1,000 mm 1 Kg 1.000 g
K °C + 273.2
1 cm = 10 mm 1 Kg 2.2046 lb
1 Km = 1,000 m 1 lb = 453.6 g °R °F + 459.7
1 terrestrial mile 1,609 km 1 lb = 16 ounces acre 4047 m2
1 nautical mile = 1,852 Km 1 ounce = 28.35 g
1 light year = 9,46x10 15m 1 troy ounce = 31,1035 g acre 43560 pie2
1 parsec 3.086 x 1016m 1 Metric Ton = 1,000 Kg Angstrom 10-8cm
1 foot = 12 inches 1 long ton 2.240 lb
ATM 1.033 kgf/cm2
1 foot = 30.48 cm 1 Ton cut 2.000 lb
1 inch = 2.54 cm 1 UTM = 9,8 Kg Bar 0.98692 atm
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1 micron equals 10 m 1 slug 14.59 Kg
BTU 0.000293 kWh
1 angstrom [Å] 10– 10 m 1 quintal [qq] = 100 lb
1 yard 91.44 cm = 3 feet 1 qq 4 arrobas calories/s 4.183 Watts
1 league 5 Km 1 arroba [@] = 25 lb dina 1 g cm/s2
Surface Strength
1 acre = 43.56 pi2 1 N = 105town
erg 1 dyne cm
1 hectare = 10,000 m2 1 N 0.225 lbf erg 10-7joule
1 hectare = 2.471 acres 1 Kgf = 1 Kp = 9.8 N 1 newton meter
joule
Volume 1 Kgf = 2.2046 lbf
1 ml = 1 cm3or 1 cc 1 lbf = 453.6 gf joule/m 0.102 kgf
1 liter [l] 1.000 ml 1 lbf = 32.17 poundals [pdl] micron 0.001 mm
3
1 dm 1 liter 1 pdl = 0.1383 N
3 thousand 0.001 plg
1 pie 28.32 l
3 Energy
1m 1.000 l milla 1.61 km
1 Joule [J] = 107energized
1 barrel = 159 l
1 caloría [cal] = 4,186 J Newton 1 kg m/s2
1 US Gallon = 3.785 l
1 BTU = 252 cal
1 English Gallon = 4.546 l Newton 100,000 dinars
1 BTU = 778 lbf-ft
1 pint 0.473 l
1 lbf-pie 1,356 J ounce 28.35 g
Power
1 kWh = 860 Kcal poise 1 g / cm s
1 kW 1.000 W 1 kWh = 3.6x106Jç
poise 0.0672 lb / pie*s
1 H.P. = 746 W Pressure
1 H.P. 2.545 BTU/h 1 atm = 760 mmHg yard 3 feet
1 H.P. = 550 lbf-pie/s 1 atm = 1.013x105Pa
kilopond kilogram of force
1 BTU/h = 0.293 W 1 psi = 6,895 KPa
1 C.V. = 735 W 1 psi = 1 lbf/in²2 Torricelli mmHg
1 cal/s = 3,087 lbf-pie/s 1 ksi = 1.000 psi return revolution
1 bar = 105 Pa