Lesson 4 Conversion Table
Lesson 4 Conversion Table
SECTION:
Length Mass
100 cm 1.0 m 1000 mg 1.0 g
1000 m 1.0 km 1000 g 1.0 kg
1.609 km 1.0 mi 454 g 1.0 lbs
5280 ft 1.0 mi 2.2 lbs 1.0 kg
2.54 cm 1.0 in 1 atomic mass 1.6605 x 10-27 kg
unit (amu)
3.28 ft 1.0 m Pressure
Volume 760 torr 760 mm Hg
1 cc ~ 1 mL 760 mm Hg 1 atm
1 mL 20.0 drops 14.7 psi 1 atm
4.93 mL 1 tsp 1.01 x 105 Pa 1 atm
1000mL/ 1000 cc 1.0 L Temperature
3.79 L 1 gal °F to °C ℃=
℉−32
1.8
1000 L 1 m3 °C to °F °F = 1.8C + 32
1 m3 35.31 ft3 °C to K K = °C + 273.15
Work and Energy Power
1J 0.7376 ft lb 1 hp 550 ft lb/s
1 kcal 4186 J 1 hp 745.7 W
1 kWh 3.600 x 106 J 1W 0.7376 ft lb/s
1 eV 1.602 x 10-19 J Time
Angle 1d 24 h
1 radian 57.300 1h 60 min
10 0.01745 radian 1 min 60 s
Conversion with Metric Prefixes
Prefix Value Example
Exa (E) 18 18
10 1 × 10
Peta (P) 15 15
10 1 × 10
Tera (T) 12 12
10 1 × 10
Giga (G) 9 9
10 1×10
Mega (M) 6 6
10 1×10
Kilo (K) 3 3
10 1×10
Hecto (H) 2 2
10 1×10
Deca (D) 10 1
1×10
BASE 1 0
1×10
Deci (d) −1 −1
10 1 × 10
Centi (c) −2 −2
10 1 × 10
Milli (m) −3 −3
10 1 × 10
Micro (µ) −6 −6
10 1 × 10
Nano (n) −9
10−9 1 × 10
Pico (p) −12
10−12 1 × 10
Femto (f) −15
10−15 1 × 10
Atto (a) −18
10−18 1 × 10
Fundamental Constants
Quantity Symbol Value
Avogadro’s Number 23
6.022 × 10 /mol
-23
Boltzmann’s Constant 1.380 6504 × 10 J/K
-19
Electron charge magnitude 1.602 176 487 × 10 C
-17
Permeability of Free Space 0 4 π × 10 T m /A
-12 2 2
Permeability of Free Space 0
8.854 187 817 × 10 C /Nm
-34
Planck’s Constant ℎ 6.626 .68 96 × 10 Js
Mass of Electron 9.109 382 15 × 10
-31
kg
-27
Mass of Neutron 1.674 927 211 × 10 kg
-27
Mass of Proton 1.672 621 637 × 10 kg
8
Speed of light in vacuum 2.997 924 58 × 10 m/s
-11 2 2
Universal Gravitation Constant 6.674 × 10 Nm /kg
Universal Gas Constant 8.314 472 J/mol K
Universal Gas Constant 0.0821 L atm/ mol K
Useful Physical Data
Acceleration due to 2 Atmospheric Pressure 5
9.80 m/s 1.013 x 10 Pa
Earth’s Gravity 2 at Sea Level 2
32.2 ft/s 14.7 lb/in
0
Density of air (0 C, 1 1.29 kg/m
3 Speed of Sound in air 343 m/s
0
atm pressure) (20 C)
Water Earth
0 3 3 24
Density (4 C) 1.000 x 10 kg/m Mass 5.98 x 10 kg
5 6
Latent Heat of Fusion 3.35 x 10 J/kg Radius (equatorial) 6.38 x 10 m
Latent Heat of 6
2.26 x 10 J/kg Mean distance from 1.50 x 10
11
m
Vaporization sun
0
Specific Heat Capacity 4186 J/kg C Moon
22
Sun Mass 7.35 x 10 kg
30 6
Mass 1.99 x 10 kg Radius (mean) 1.74 x 10 m
Radius (mean) 6.96 x 10 m
8 Mean distance from 3.85 x 10 m
8
Earth
3 ℎ
Cosine of an angle ℎ
Tangent of an angle tan =
ℎ
cos =
ℎ ℎ
Circular Cone 3
Tetrahedron 6√2