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Unit Conversions Handout

The document provides a comprehensive list of unit conversion factors for various measurements including mass, length, time, velocity, density, force, pressure, energy, power, viscosity, and kinematic viscosity. It also includes SI prefixes and their corresponding factors for decimal multiples of units. Additionally, it references the source of the conversion factors from a chemical processes textbook.

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Unit Conversions Handout

The document provides a comprehensive list of unit conversion factors for various measurements including mass, length, time, velocity, density, force, pressure, energy, power, viscosity, and kinematic viscosity. It also includes SI prefixes and their corresponding factors for decimal multiples of units. Additionally, it references the source of the conversion factors from a chemical processes textbook.

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InQu 4005

Dr. L. Antonio Estévez

FACTORS FOR UNIT CONVERSIONS‡

Mass 1 [kg] = 1000 [g] = 0.001 [metric ton] = 2.20462 [lb] = 35.27392 [oz]
1 [lb] = 16 [oz] = 5×10–4 [ton] = 453.593 [g] = 0.453593 [kg]
Length 1 [m] = 100 [cm] = 1000 [mm] = 106 [µm] = 1010 [Å] = 39.37 [in] = 3.2808 [ft] =
1.0936 [yd] = 0.0006214 [mi] (miles)
1 [ft] = 12 [in] = 1/3 [yd] = 0.3048 [m] = 30.48 [cm]
Time 1 [day] = 24 [h] = 1440 [min] = 86,400 [s]
1 [week] = 168 [h] = 10,080 [min] = 604,800 [s]
Velocity 1 [m/s] = 3.6 [km/h] = 2.2369 [mi/h] = 60 [m/min] = 3.2808 [ft/s] = 196.85 [ft/min]
g 9.80665 [m/s2] = 32.17405 [ft/s2] = 4.16976×108 [ft/h2]
Volume 1 [m3] = 1000 [L] = 106 [cm3] = 106 [mL] = 35.3145 [ft3] = 220.83 [imperial gal] =
264.17 [gal] = 1056.688 [qt] = 33,814 [fl. oz.]
1 [ft ] = 1728 [in3] = 7.4805 [gal] = 0.028317 [m3] = 28.317 [L] = 28317 [cm3]
3

Flow rate 1 [L/s] =


Density 1,000 [kg/m3] = 1 [g/mL] = 62.428 [lb/ft3] = 8.3454 [lb/gal] = 1.0432 [oz/fl. oz.]
Force 1 [N] = 1 [kg·m/s2] = 105 [dyne] = 105 [g·cm/s2] = 0.22481 [lbf]
1 [lbf] = 32.174 [lb·ft/s2] = 4.4482 [N] = 4.4482×105 [dyne]
Pressure 1 [atm] = 101,325 [Pa] = 101,325 [N/m2] = 101.325 [kPa] = 1.01325 [bar] =
1.01325×105 [dyne/cm2] = 760 [mm Hg] = 760 [torr] = 10.333 [m H2O] =
14.696 [lbf/in2] = 14.696 [psi] = 33.9 [ft H2O]= 29.921 [in Hg]
Energy 1 [J] = 1 [N·m] = 107 [erg] = 107 [dyne·cm]= 2.778×10–7 [kW·h] = 0.23901 [cal] =
0.7376 [ft·lbf] = 9.486×10–4 [BTU]
1 [BTU] = 1,055 [J] = 1.055 [kJ] = 252.0 [cal] = 2.931×10–4 [kW·h] = 778.17 [ft·lbf]
Power 1 [W] = 1 [J/s] = 0.23901 [cal/s] = 0.7376 [ft·lbf/s] = 9.486×10–4 [BTU/s] =
1.341×10–3 [hp] = 3.4121 [BTU/h]
Viscosity 1 [Pa·s] = 1 [N·s/m2] = 1 [kg/m·s] = 1,000 [cP] = 10 [P] = 10 [g/cm·s] =
2,419 [lb/ft·h] = 0.672 [lb/ft·s] = 0.02089 [lbf·s /ft2]
Kinematic 1 [m2/s] = 10,000 [St] = 106 [cSt] = 10.76 [ft2/s] = 38,750 [ft2/h]
viscosity (St = Stokes)
2.20462[lb]
Example: The factor to convert [g] to [lb] is
1000[g]

‡
Factors for unit conversions taken and expanded from R. M. Felder and R. W. Rousseau,
Elementary Principles of Chemical Processes, Third Edition, Wiley (2000)
SI-Prefixes
Symbol Y Z E P T G M k h da -
Factor 1024 1021 1018 1015 1012 109 106 103 102 101 1

Symbol - d c m µ n p f a z y
Factor 1 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-6 10-9 10-12 10-15 10-18 10-21 10-24

Prefixes for decimal multiples of units and parts of units


in SI SI
Factor in full
words prefix symbol
1.0E+24 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 septillion yotta Y
1.0E+21 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 sextillion zetta Z
1.0E+18 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 quintillion exa E
1.0E+15 1 000 000 000 000 000 quadrillion peta P
1.0E+12 1 000 000 000 000 trillion tera T
1.0E+9 1 000 000 000 billion giga G
1.0E+6 1 000 000 million mega M
1.0E+3 1 000 thousand kilo k
1.0E+2 100 hundred hecto h
1.0E+1 10 ten deka da
1.0E 0 ref. 1 initial value one -
1.0E-1 0.1 tenth deci d
1.0E-2 0.01 hundredth centi c
1.0E-3 0.001 thousandth milli m
1.0E-6 0.000 001 millionth micro µ
1.0E-9 0.000 000 001 billionth nano n
1.0E-12 0.000 000 000 001 trillionth pico p
1.0E-15 0.000 000 000 000 001 quadrillionth femto f
1.0E-18 0.000 000 000 000 000 001 quintillionth atto a
1.0E-21 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 001 sextillionth zepto z
1.0E-24 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 septillionth yocto y

Exponent (basis 10)


European American 1045 - quattuordecillion
Factor
name name 1048 octillion quindecillion
103 thousand thousand 1051 - sextdecillion
106 million million 1054 nonillion septendecillion
109 milliard billion 1057 - octodecillion
1012 billion trillion 1060 decillion novemdecillion
1015 billiard Quadrillion 1063 - nonillionvigintillion
1018 trillion quintillion
1021 trilliard sextillion Large numbers
1024 quadrillion septillion
1027 quadrilliard octillion Number Name
1030 quintillion nonillion 10100 googol
1033 - decillion
10googol googolplex
1036 sextillion undecillion
1039 - duodecillion
1042 septillion tredecillion

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