Useful Conversion Factors
The following factors
are
provided to 10 digits of
accuracy
where possible. Exact values
are
marked with
an
asterisk. For
more complete information on conversion factors
,
refer to
Metric
Practice
Guide
E380-74 by the American
Society
for
Testing and Materials (ASTM)
.
Length
1 inch
1 foot
1 mile (statute)
t
1 mile (nautical)t
1 mile
(statute)
t
Area
1 square inch
1 square foot
1 acre
1 square
milet
Volume
1 cubic inch
1
cubic
foot
1 ounce (fluid)
t
1 ounce (fluid)t
1 gallon (fluid)
t
Mass
=
25.4 millimeters'
=
0.3048 meter'
=
1.609344
kilometers'
=
1.852 kilometers'
=
1.150779448 miles (nauticallt
=
6.451 6 square centimeters'
=
·0.09290304 square
meter'
=
43560 square feet
=
640 acres
=
16.387064 cubic centi meters'
=
0.028316847
cubic
meter
=
29.57352956
cubic
centimeters
=
0.029573530 liter
=
3.785411 784 liters'
1 ounce
(mass)
=
28.34952312 grams
1 pound (mass)
=
0.45359237
kilogram
'
1 ton (short)
=
0.90718474 metric ton'
Energy
1 British thermal unit
1 kilocalorie (mean)
=
1 055.055853 joules
=
4190.02 joules
1 watt-hour
=
3600
joules'
Force
1 ounce (force)
=
0.27801385 newton
1 pound (force)
=
4.448221 615 newtons
Power
1 horsepower (electric)
=
746
watts'
Pressure
1 atmosphere
1 atmosphere
1 atmosphere
Temperature
Fahrenheit
Celsius
kelvin
kelvin
kelvin
=
760 mm Hg at sea level
=
14.7 pounds per
square
inch
=
101 325 pascals
=
1.8 Celsius
+
32
=
5/9(Fahrenheit
-
32)
=
Celsius
+
273.15
=
5/9 (Fahrenheit
+
459 .67)
=
5/9 Rankine
t U.S. values chosen.
'Exact
values.