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Conversions - From Fabric Handbook

This document provides conversion factors for various units of measurement involving mass, length, force, area, volume, temperature, energy, power, density, velocity, and yarn count. It lists equivalencies between common metric and imperial units for properties including grams and ounces, meters and feet, newtons and pounds-force, pascals and psi, watts and calories, and others. Conversion factors are given to calculate between each set of units.

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Conversions - From Fabric Handbook

This document provides conversion factors for various units of measurement involving mass, length, force, area, volume, temperature, energy, power, density, velocity, and yarn count. It lists equivalencies between common metric and imperial units for properties including grams and ounces, meters and feet, newtons and pounds-force, pascals and psi, watts and calories, and others. Conversion factors are given to calculate between each set of units.

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CONVERSIONS

Areal Weight
2
oz/yd x 33.9057 = g/m2
2
2
g/m x 0.0295 = oz/yd
Mass
oz: ounce, lb: pound
1 oz = 28.35 g 1 g = 0.035 oz
1 lb = 0.454 kg 1 kg = 2.205 lb
Force
N: Newton, daN: decaNewton
1 N = 0.102 kgf 0.1 kgf 1 daN = kgf 1kgf
1 kgf = 9.81 N 10 N or 1 daN
1 lbf = 4.4482 N = 0.4536 kgf
Strength
Pa: Pascal, MPa: megaPascal
1 MPa = 1 N/mm2
1 MPa = 10bars = 0.1 hbar 10 kgf/cm2 or 0.1 kgf/mm2
1 bar = 0.1 MPa =105 Pa 1daN/cm 1 kgf/cm2
1 hbar = 10 MPa = 107 Pa 1kgf/mm2
100 psi (lbf/in2) = 0.69 MPa 1 MPa = 145 psi
1 psi (lbf/in2) = 6894.76 Pa 0.0703kgf/cm2
Length
yd: yard, ft: foot, in: inch
UK mile: 1 mile = 1.609 km 1 km = 0.62 mile
Nautical Mile: 1 mile = 1.852 km
1 yd = 0.91 m 1 m =1.09 yd
1 ft (1/3 yd) = 0.3048 m 1 m = 3.281 ft
1 in (1/12 ft) = 2.54 cm 1 cm = 0.39 in

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CONVERSIONS
Surface
1 sq in = 6.45 cm2 1 cm2 = 0.15 sq in
1 sq yd = 0.83 m2 1m2 = 1.19 sq yd
1 sq ft = 0.093 m2 1 m2 = 10.76 sq ft
1 sq mile = 2.59 km2 1 km2 = 0.30 sq mile
1 acre = 0.40 ha 1 ha = 2.47 acre
Volume
1 cu in = 16.39 cm3 1 cm3 = 0.06 cu in
1 cu yd = 0.76 m3 1 m3 = 1.31 cu yd
1 cu ft = 28.31 dm3 1 dm3 = 0.035 cu ft
Density
1 lb/in3 = 27.68 g/cm3 1 g/cm3 = 0.036 lb/in3
1 lb/ft3 = 0.016 g/cm3 1 g/cm3 = 62 lb/ft3
Capacity
(US) Gallon: 1 gal = 3.781 1 l = 0.26 gal
(UK) Gallon: 1 gal = 4.541 1 l = 0.21 gal
Consumption
(US) 0 miles/gal = 23.50/100 km 10 l/100 km = 23.8 miles/gal
(UK) 10 miles/gal = 28.21/100 km 10 l/100 km = 29.5 miles/gal
Velocity
1 km/h = 0.2778 m/s 1mph = 1.609 km/h = 0.4470 m/s

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Yarn Conversions
Tex = 496,055/(yd/lb)
Dtex = Tex X 10 = Denier/.9
Denier = dtex X .9 = 9 tex
Denier = g/9000m
Tex = dtex/10 = g/1000m

CONVERSIONS
Energy and Power
J: Joule, cal: calorie, th: thermal unit, W: watt
Density
1 W = 1 J/s
1 Wh = 3 600 J = 0.860 kcal 1 kcal = 4 185.5 J = 1,1626 Wh
1 kJ = 0.2389 kcal 1 cal = 4.185 J = 0.2389 cal
1 th = 1,000 kcan
tep: ton (metric) equivalent fuel oil
tec: tonne (metric) equivalent coal
1 tep = 10,000 th = 11,626 kWh = 11.6 MWh = 1.5 tec 1 100
Nm3 natural gas
Specific Heat
kj/kgK: kilojoule per kilogram Kelvin
Thermal Conductivity
1 W/mK or W/mC = 0.860 kcal/mhC
Coefficient of Thermal Loss:
1 W/m3K or W/n3C = 0.8m60 kcal/m3hC
Temperature
K: Kelvin, C: degree Celsius, F: degree Fahrenheit
TK = C + 273.18
F = 9/5C + 32

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