Base Units; Conversion Factors - BOMBARDIER Alpine 1987 Operator's Manual

51* METRIC INFORMATION
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BASE UNITS
DESCRIPTION
UNIT SYMBOL
length
meter m
mass
kilogram
kg
force
Newton N
liquid liter I
temperature
Celsius
oc
pressure kilopascal kPa
torque
Newton meter
N•m
speed
kilometer per hour km/h
PREFIXES
PREFIX SYMBOL
MEANING VALUE
kilo k one thousand 1000
centi c
one hundredth of 0.01
milli m one thousandth of 0.001
CONVERSION FACTORS
TO CONVERT TOt MULTIPLY BY
lbf•ft I bf• in
12
imp. oz
U.S. oz 0.96
imp. gal.
U.S. gal. 12
in mm 25.4
in em
2.54
ft m 0.3
MPH km/h
161
in
2
cm
2
6.45
in
3
cm
3
16.39
imp. oz ml
28.41
U.S oz ml
29.57
imp. gal. I
4.55
U.S. gal. I
3.79
oz
g 28.35
lb
kg 0.45
lbf
N
4.4
I bf• in
N•m 0.11
lbf•ft
N•m 136
PSI kPa
6.89
Fahrenheit
Celsius (°F- 32)
X
5/9
Celsius
Fahrenheit (°C
X
18)
+
32
*The international system of units abbreviates "SI" in all languages.
tTo obtain the inverse sequence, divide by the given factor. To convert "mm" to "in", divide
by 25.4.
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