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Engineering Units Conversion
.473176 liter
1 US pint
28.317 liters
1 cu.foot
exact 16.387064 cm
3
1 cu.in
.06102 cu.in. (^3) 1 cm
cubic meter (m
Volume
exact .83612736 m
2
1 sq.yard
exact (^2) .0929034 m
1 sq.foot
15.500031 sq.inch (^2) 1 dm
exact (^2) 645.16 mm
1 sq.inch
square meter (m
Area
exact by definition 1852 m
1 nautical mile
exact 1.609344 km 1760 yards 1 mile
3.28084 ft
1 meter
exact .9144 m 3 ft 1 yard (yd)
exact .3048 m 12 in 1 foot (ft)
exact by definition
in UK since 1933, and USA since 1959
25.4 mm
1 inch (in)
exact by definition
in USA until 1959
.03937 in.
1 mm
meter (m)
Length
SI Unit, comments
Equal to Also Equals Quantity
.0295 oz. per sq.yd
(^2) 1 g/m
(The units we use for covering materials) (^2) 33.906 g/m
1 oz. per sq.yd
kilogram per square meter
Surface Weight
(for balsa) .06243 pounds per cu.ft
(^3) 1 g/dm
(for most materials) 1.730 ounces per cu.in
(^3) 1 g/cm
kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m
Density
(Originally the mass of 1 dm
3 [liter] of water at a certain temperature; Now the mass of a prototype in Paris) 2.20462 pounds
1 kg
exact .45359237 kg 16 ounces 1 pound (lb)
28.349523 grams
1 ounce (oz)
kilogram (kg)
Mass
4.54609 liters 8 imp. pints (10 lbs of water) 1 imperial gallon
exact 3.785411784 liters 8 US pints, 231 cu.in 1 US gallon (liquid)
.264172 US gallon (^3) 1 dm 1 liter
.56825 liter
1 imperial pint
{K} = {°C} + 273.
{K}
{°C} = ({°
F} - 32) * 5 / 9
{°C}
{°F} = {°
C} * 9 / 5 + 32
{°F}
Kelvin (K) or degree Celsius (
° C)
Conversion Formula Temperature
1054.118 W
1 BTU/sec
735.5 W
75 kgm/s 1 metric hp
745.70 W
1980000 ft-lbs per hr 1 horsepower (hp)
watt (W) = Joule per second (J/s)
Power
.9478 BTU
1 kWs 1 kJ
1.355 818 J
1 foot pound (ft-lb)
joule (J) = Newtonmeter (Nm) = Wattsecond (Ws)
Energy
.2248 pound force
1 N
.1019716 kgf
1 N
Newton (N)
Force
