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UNIT CONVERSION FACTORS

DECIMAL MULTIPLES AND SUB-MULTIPLES


Name Symbol Equivalent Name Symbol Equivalent
tera T 1012 deci d
10-1

giga G 109 centi c 10-2

mega M 106 milli m 10-3

kilo k 103 micro μ 10-6

hecto h 102 nano n 10-9

deca - 10 pico p 10-12

DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

Quantity CGS MKS


Length centimeter meter
Mass gram kilogram
Time second second
Force dyne newton
Dynamic Viscosity poise -
Kinematic Viscosity stoke -

VOLUME

Meter3 cm3 liter


1 Cubic meter 1000
1 106

1 cubic cm 10-6 1 1 * 10-3

1 liter 1 * 10-3 1000 1


EQUIVALENT UNITS MKS SYSTEM
cm Meter km in ft
1 centimeter 1 10-2 10-5 0.3937 3.281 * 10-2

1 meter 100 1 39.37 3.281


10-3

1 kilometer 105 1000 1 3.937 * 10-4 3281

1 inch 2.540 2.540 * 10-2 2.540 * 10-3 1 8.333 * 10-2

3.048 * 10-4
1 foot 30.48 0.3048 12 1

1 newton = 1 kilogram-meter/(second)2

MASS

gm kilogram

1 gram 1 0.001
1 kilogram 1000 1

DENSITY

Kilogram per meter 3 gm/cm3


1 Kilogram per meter 3 1 0.001
1 gm per cm3 1000 1
FORCE

dyne Newton
1 dyne 1 10-5
1 Newton 105 1
1 gram-force 9.807 * 10-3
980.7
1 kilogram-force 9.807 * 105 9.807

PRESSURE

atm dyne/cm2 cm Hg Newton/Meter2


1 atmosphere 1.013 *105
1 1.013 *106 76
1 dyne per cm2 9.869 * 10-7 7.501 * 10-5 0.100
1
2
1 Newton/Meter -6
9.869 * 10 10 7.501 * 10-4 1
2
Where the acceleration of gravity has the standard value 9.80665 meter/sec

1 bar = 106 dyne/cm2 1 millibar = 103 dyne/cm

KINEMATIC VISCOSITY

centistoke stoke Meter2/Second


1 centistoke 1 10-2 10-6
1 stoke 100 1 10-4
2
1 Meter /Second 106 104 1

1 stoke = 1 centimeter2/sec

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