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
℉ − 32
3.79 L 1 gal °F to °C ℃=
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) 1018 1 × 1018 𝑚
Peta (P) 1015 1 × 1015 𝑚
Tera (T) 1012 1 × 1012 𝑚
Giga (G) 109 1 × 109 𝑚
Mega (M) 106 1 × 106 𝑚
Kilo (K) 103 1 × 103 𝑚
Hecto (H) 102 1 × 102 𝑚
Deca (D) 10 1 × 101 𝑚
BASE 1 1 × 100 𝑚
Deci (d) 10−1 1 × 10−1 𝑚
Centi (c) 10−2 1 × 10−2 𝑚
Milli (m) 10−3 1 × 10−3 𝑚
Micro (µ) 10−6 1 × 10−6 𝑚
Nano (n) 10−9 1 × 10−9 𝑚
Pico (p) 10−12 1 × 10−12 𝑚
Femto (f) 10−15 1 × 10−15 𝑚
Atto (a) 10−18 1 × 10−18 𝑚
Fundamental Constants
Quantity Symbol Value
Avogadro’s Number 𝑁𝐴 6.022 × 1023/mol
Boltzmann’s Constant 𝑘 1.380 6504 × 10-23 J/K
Electron charge magnitude 𝑒 1.602 176 487 × 10-19 C
Permeability of Free Space 𝜇0 4 π × 10-17 T m /A
Permeability of Free Space 𝜀0 8.854 187 817 × 10-12 C2/Nm2
Planck’s Constant ℎ 6.626 .68 96 × 10-34 J s
Mass of Electron 𝑚𝑒 9.109 382 15 × 10-31 kg
Mass of Neutron 𝑚𝑛 1.674 927 211 × 10-27 kg
Mass of Proton 𝑚𝑝 1.672 621 637 × 10-27 kg
Speed of light in vacuum 𝑐 2.997 924 58 × 108 m/s
Universal Gravitation Constant 𝐺 6.674 × 10-11 Nm2/kg2
Universal Gas Constant 𝑅 8.314 472 J/mol K
Universal Gas Constant 𝑅 0.0821 L atm/ mol K
Useful Physical Data
Acceleration due to 9.80 m/s2 Atmospheric Pressure 1.013 x 105 Pa
Earth’s Gravity 32.2 ft/s2 at Sea Level 14.7 lb/in2
Density of air (0 0C, 1 Speed of Sound in air
1.29 kg/m3 343 m/s
atm pressure) (20 0C)
Water Earth
Density (4 0C) 1.000 x 10 3 kg/m3 Mass 5.98 x 1024 kg
Latent Heat of Fusion 3.35 x 105 J/kg Radius (equatorial) 6.38 x 106 m
Latent Heat of Mean distance from
2.26 x 106 J/kg 1.50 x 1011 m
Vaporization sun
Specific Heat Capacity 4186 J/kg C0 Moon
Sun Mass 7.35 x 1022 kg
Mass 1.99 x 1030 kg Radius (mean) 1.74 x 106 m
Mean distance from
Radius (mean) 6.96 x 108 m 3.85 x 108 m
Earth