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Measurement Conversions and Units Guide

The document provides conversion formulas and equivalences for temperature, length, area, volume, mass, pressure, energy, and power. It includes specific conversion factors such as Celsius to Fahrenheit, miles to kilometers, and metric units for various measurements. Additionally, it outlines commonly used prefixes in scientific notation and their corresponding exponents.

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Measurement Conversions and Units Guide

The document provides conversion formulas and equivalences for temperature, length, area, volume, mass, pressure, energy, and power. It includes specific conversion factors such as Celsius to Fahrenheit, miles to kilometers, and metric units for various measurements. Additionally, it outlines commonly used prefixes in scientific notation and their corresponding exponents.

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from Celsius to Fahrenheit: F = (C x 9/5) + 32

Length from Celsius to Kelvin: K = C + 273.15


1 (statute) mile (mi) = 1.6093 kilometer (km)
1 (nautical) mile (mi) = 1.8520 kilometer (km)
Radioactivity
1 foot (ft) = 0.3048 meter (m)
1 yard = 0.9144 meter (m) 1 Curie (Ci) = 3.7x1010 Becquerel (Bq)
1 inch (in) = 2.54 centimeter (cm) 1 Gray (Gy) = 1 J/kg tissue = 100 rad
1 angstrom (A) = 10-8 centimeter (cm) = 10-10 meter (m)
Commonly used prefixes...
Area
Scientific notation
1 square kilometer (km2) = 106 square meters (m2) = 100 hectares (ha) Prefix........... Exponent Examples of exponential usage:
1 hectare (ha) = 10,000 square meters (m2) peta (P) 15 amount of CO2 in atmosphere (as C)- 750 Pg (or Gt)
1 acre (ac) = 4047 square meters (m2) = 0.4047 hectare (ha)
tera (T) 12
Volume giga (G) 9 pool sizes: amount of water in ocean - 1.37 x 109 km3
mega (M) 6 rates: flow of Anatarctic Circumpolar Current - 200 x 106 m s-1
1 milliliter (ml) = 1 cubic centimeter (cm3)
kilo (k) 3 distance New York - Albany ~ 350km
1 cubic meter (m3) = 1000 liters (L)
1 (US) quart (qt) = 0.9461 liter (L) hecto (h) 2 atmospheric pressure: ~1012.5 hPa (=1012.5 mbar)
1 (US) gallon (gal) = 3.7854 liter (L) base unit 0
1 (US) pint = 0.4723 liter (L) milli (m) -3 typical amount of medicine ~1ml
1 (US) fluid ounce = 29.6 milliliter (ml)
micro (m) -6
Mass nano (n) -9 wavelength of violet light ~400nm
pico (p) -12 size of atom ~10pm
1 metric ton (m.t.) = 1000 kilograms (kg)
femto (f) -15 detection limit of gas chromatographs for SF6 : ~1 fmole/L
1 pound (lb) = 0.4535924 kilogram (kg)
1 ounce (oz) = 28.3495 grams (g)

Pressure

1 pascal (Pa) = 1 newton/square meter (N/m2) = 1 Kg m-1 s-2


1 bar = 0.98692 atmosphere (atm) = 105 pascals (Pa)
1 pound per square inch (psi) = 68.97 millibars (mb) = 6897 pascals (Pa)

Energy

1 joule (J) = 1 newton meter (Nm)


1 calorie (cal) = 4.184 joule (J)
1 kilowatt hour (kWh) = 3.6 x 106 joules (J) = 8.60 x 105 calories

Power (energy per unit time)

1 watt (W) = 1 joule per second (J/s) = 14.34 calories per minute (cal/min)

Temperature

from Fahrenheit to Celsius: C = (F - 32) x 5/9

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